Social housing in Neath Port Talbot
19.2% of households in Neath Port Talbot 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 Neath Port Talbot?
Neath Port Talbot ranks 94th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 62,379 households, 11,998 are social homes (19.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Neath Port Talbot compare with the UK average?
At +1.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Neath Port Talbot sits close to the national level.
Neath Port Talbot at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Neath Port Talbot.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Neath Port Talbot has 67 schools — 67 state-funded.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Neath Port Talbot sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 35% of its 84 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,722 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).
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).