Social housing in Guildford
12.7% of households in Guildford are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Guildford?
Guildford ranks 269th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 55,801 households, 7,069 are social homes (12.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Guildford compare with the UK average?
At -4.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Guildford sits below the national level.
Guildford at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Guildford.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Guildford has 65 schools — 51 state-funded and 14 independent. That includes 36 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 16 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 90 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Guildford, offering about 3,756 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Guildford sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 84 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,692 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 Guildford
See Guildford 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).