Social housing in Harlow
29.4% of households in Harlow 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 Harlow?
Harlow ranks 15th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 37,854 households, 11,111 are social homes (29.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Harlow compare with the UK average?
At +11.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Harlow sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Harlow at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Harlow.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Harlow has 42 schools — 41 state-funded and 1 independent. That includes 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 48 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Harlow, offering about 2,172 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Harlow sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 5% of its 58 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,059 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 Harlow
See Harlow 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).