Housing Map

Social housing in Hinckley and Bosworth

10.2% of households in Hinckley and Bosworth are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

10.2%Social housing
5,054Social homes
49,439All households
Hinckley and Bosworth10.2%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Hinckley and Bosworth?

Hinckley and Bosworth ranks 339th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 49,439 households, 5,054 are social homes (10.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Hinckley and Bosworth compare with the UK average?

At -7.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Hinckley and Bosworth sits below the national level.

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Hinckley and Bosworth at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Hinckley and Bosworth.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Hinckley and Bosworth has 57 schools — 46 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 34 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 64 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Hinckley and Bosworth, offering about 2,655 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Hinckley and Bosworth sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 68 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £3,046 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).

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Which areas are similar to Hinckley and Bosworth?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).