Social housing in Melton
10.7% of households in Melton 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 Melton?
Melton ranks 329th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 22,609 households, 2,416 are social homes (10.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Melton compare with the UK average?
At -6.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Melton sits below the national level.
Melton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Melton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Melton has 32 schools — 30 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 25 primary and 3 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 83% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 25 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Melton, offering about 1,000 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Melton sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 7% of its 30 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,043 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 Melton
See Melton 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).