Social housing in New Forest
10.8% of households in New Forest 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 New Forest?
New Forest ranks 323rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 77,551 households, 8,368 are social homes (10.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does New Forest compare with the UK average?
At -6.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, New Forest sits below the national level.
New Forest at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about New Forest.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, New Forest has 86 schools — 70 state-funded and 16 independent. That includes 54 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 23 with a published Ofsted grade, 96% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 103 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in New Forest, offering about 3,331 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in New Forest sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 114 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,356 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 New Forest
See New Forest through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to New Forest?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).