Social housing in Gravesham
17.4% of households in Gravesham are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Gravesham?
Gravesham ranks 124th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 41,739 households, 7,271 are social homes (17.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Gravesham compare with the UK average?
At -0.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Gravesham sits close to the national level.
Gravesham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Gravesham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Gravesham has 44 schools — 39 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 93% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 41 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Gravesham, offering about 1,586 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Gravesham sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 22% of its 65 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,155 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Gravesham
See Gravesham through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).