Social housing in Lewisham
29.2% of households in Lewisham are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Lewisham?
Lewisham ranks 16th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 122,354 households, 35,724 are social homes (29.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Lewisham compare with the UK average?
At +11.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Lewisham sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Lewisham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Lewisham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Lewisham has 97 schools — 89 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 64 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 35 with a published Ofsted grade, 97% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 221 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Lewisham, offering about 9,223 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Lewisham sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 20% of its 175 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £6,290 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 Lewisham
See Lewisham 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).