Social housing in Leicester
23.1% of households in Leicester 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 Leicester?
Leicester ranks 50th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 127,390 households, 29,487 are social homes (23.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Leicester compare with the UK average?
At +5.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Leicester sits above the national level.
Leicester at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Leicester.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Leicester has 141 schools — 120 state-funded and 21 independent. That includes 82 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 51 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 133 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Leicester, offering about 5,282 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Leicester sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 50% of its 200 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,822 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 Leicester
See Leicester 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 Leicester?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).