Social housing in Malvern Hills
14.3% of households in Malvern Hills 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 Malvern Hills?
Malvern Hills ranks 193rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 34,897 households, 5,001 are social homes (14.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Malvern Hills compare with the UK average?
At -3.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Malvern Hills sits below the national level.
Malvern Hills at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Malvern Hills.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Malvern Hills has 49 schools — 40 state-funded and 9 independent. That includes 35 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 91% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 34 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Malvern Hills, offering about 1,437 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Malvern Hills sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 45 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,334 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 Malvern Hills
See Malvern Hills 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).