Social housing in Kirklees
14.8% of households in Kirklees 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 Kirklees?
Kirklees ranks 177th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 178,034 households, 26,298 are social homes (14.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Kirklees compare with the UK average?
At -2.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Kirklees sits below the national level.
Kirklees at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Kirklees.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Kirklees has 202 schools — 186 state-funded and 16 independent. That includes 144 primary and 26 secondary schools. Of the 88 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 239 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Kirklees, offering about 10,013 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Kirklees sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 31% of its 260 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,332 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 Kirklees
See Kirklees 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).