Social housing in Liverpool
26.4% of households in Liverpool 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 Liverpool?
Liverpool ranks 27th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 207,569 households, 54,755 are social homes (26.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Liverpool compare with the UK average?
At +8.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Liverpool sits above the national level.
Liverpool at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Liverpool.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Liverpool has 195 schools — 181 state-funded and 14 independent. That includes 114 primary and 32 secondary schools. Of the 74 with a published Ofsted grade, 78% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 180 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Liverpool, offering about 9,055 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Liverpool sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 54% of its 302 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,008 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 Liverpool
See Liverpool 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 Liverpool?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).