Social housing in Leeds
20.4% of households in Leeds 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 Leeds?
Leeds ranks 80th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 341,476 households, 69,733 are social homes (20.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Leeds compare with the UK average?
At +2.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Leeds sits above the national level.
Leeds at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Leeds.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Leeds has 306 schools — 291 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 220 primary and 41 secondary schools. Of the 130 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 312 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Leeds, offering about 15,479 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Leeds sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 28% of its 488 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,823 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 Leeds
See Leeds 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).