Social housing in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
13.6% of households in King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk?
King's Lynn and West Norfolk ranks 221st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 67,436 households, 9,188 are social homes (13.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does King's Lynn and West Norfolk compare with the UK average?
At -3.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, King's Lynn and West Norfolk sits below the national level.
King's Lynn and West Norfolk at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, King's Lynn and West Norfolk has 82 schools — 78 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 64 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 32 with a published Ofsted grade, 88% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, offering about 2,167 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in King's Lynn and West Norfolk sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 18% of its 92 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,847 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk
See King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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).