Social housing in Halton
24.3% of households in Halton are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Halton?
Halton ranks 42nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 55,896 households, 13,610 are social homes (24.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Halton compare with the UK average?
At +6.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Halton sits above the national level.
Halton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Halton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Halton has 70 schools — 67 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 49 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 35 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 58 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Halton, offering about 2,694 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Halton sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 45% of its 80 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,015 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 Halton
See Halton 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).