Social housing in Newark and Sherwood
13.9% of households in Newark and Sherwood 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 Newark and Sherwood?
Newark and Sherwood ranks 216th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 53,317 households, 7,406 are social homes (13.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Newark and Sherwood compare with the UK average?
At -3.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Newark and Sherwood sits below the national level.
Newark and Sherwood at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Newark and Sherwood.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Newark and Sherwood has 56 schools — 51 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 44 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 74% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 59 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Newark and Sherwood, offering about 2,578 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Newark and Sherwood sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 15% of its 74 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,535 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 Newark and Sherwood
See Newark and Sherwood 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).