Social housing in Hounslow
21.0% of households in Hounslow 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 Hounslow?
Hounslow ranks 71st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 103,012 households, 21,623 are social homes (21.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Hounslow compare with the UK average?
At +3.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Hounslow sits above the national level.
Hounslow at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Hounslow.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Hounslow has 89 schools — 78 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 49 primary and 18 secondary schools. Of the 39 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 155 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Hounslow, offering about 5,267 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Hounslow sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 15% of its 150 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,674 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 Hounslow
See Hounslow 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).