Social housing in Lewes
11.0% of households in Lewes 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 Lewes?
Lewes ranks 317th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 43,684 households, 4,789 are social homes (11.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Lewes compare with the UK average?
At -6.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Lewes sits below the national level.
Lewes at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Lewes.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Lewes has 38 schools — 35 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 8 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 43 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Lewes, offering about 1,560 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Lewes sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 62 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,476 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 Lewes
See Lewes 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).