Social housing in Greenwich
31.0% of households in Greenwich are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Greenwich?
Greenwich ranks 10th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 114,070 households, 35,368 are social homes (31.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Greenwich compare with the UK average?
At +13.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Greenwich sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Greenwich at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Greenwich.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Greenwich has 107 schools — 93 state-funded and 14 independent. That includes 62 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of the 40 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 214 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Greenwich, offering about 8,173 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Greenwich sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 17% of its 164 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,407 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 Greenwich
See Greenwich 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).