Social housing in Lancaster
10.3% of households in Lancaster 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 Lancaster?
Lancaster ranks 338th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 60,008 households, 6,173 are social homes (10.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Lancaster compare with the UK average?
At -7.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Lancaster sits below the national level.
Lancaster at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Lancaster.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Lancaster has 73 schools — 69 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 52 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 33 with a published Ofsted grade, 82% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 57 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Lancaster, offering about 2,776 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Lancaster sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 88 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,432 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 Lancaster
See Lancaster through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Lancaster?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).