Social housing in Milton Keynes
18.1% of households in Milton Keynes are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Milton Keynes?
Milton Keynes ranks 112th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 113,084 households, 20,428 are social homes (18.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Milton Keynes compare with the UK average?
At +0.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Milton Keynes sits close to the national level.
Milton Keynes at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Milton Keynes.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Milton Keynes has 124 schools — 116 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 89 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 43 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 164 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Milton Keynes, offering about 6,702 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Milton Keynes sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 11% of its 166 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,925 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Milton Keynes
See Milton Keynes 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).