Social housing in Mid Devon
12.6% of households in Mid Devon 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 Mid Devon?
Mid Devon ranks 272nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 35,624 households, 4,494 are social homes (12.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Mid Devon compare with the UK average?
At -4.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Mid Devon sits below the national level.
Mid Devon at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Mid Devon.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Mid Devon has 42 schools — 40 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 35 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 41 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Mid Devon, offering about 1,645 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Mid Devon sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 5% of its 44 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,293 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 Mid Devon
See Mid Devon 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).