Social housing in Horsham
11.5% of households in Horsham 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 Horsham?
Horsham ranks 305th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 62,433 households, 7,153 are social homes (11.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Horsham compare with the UK average?
At -6.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Horsham sits below the national level.
Horsham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Horsham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Horsham has 65 schools — 55 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 43 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 78% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 117 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Horsham, offering about 4,254 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Horsham sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 89 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,789 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 Horsham
See Horsham 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).