Social housing in Medway
13.6% of households in Medway 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 Medway?
Medway ranks 224th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 111,470 households, 15,145 are social homes (13.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Medway compare with the UK average?
At -3.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Medway sits below the national level.
Medway at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Medway.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Medway has 115 schools — 108 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 76 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 40 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 120 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Medway, offering about 5,075 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Medway sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 22% of its 169 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,744 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 Medway
See Medway 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).