Social housing in Knowsley
25.3% of households in Knowsley 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 Knowsley?
Knowsley ranks 35th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 66,048 households, 16,696 are social homes (25.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Knowsley compare with the UK average?
At +7.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Knowsley sits above the national level.
Knowsley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Knowsley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Knowsley has 62 schools — 61 state-funded and 1 independent. That includes 49 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 26 with a published Ofsted grade, 81% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Knowsley, offering about 2,787 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Knowsley sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 54% of its 100 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,941 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 Knowsley
See Knowsley 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).