Social housing in Newham
28.1% of households in Newham are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Newham?
Newham ranks 18th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 115,497 households, 32,414 are social homes (28.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Newham compare with the UK average?
At +10.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Newham sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Newham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Newham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Newham has 115 schools — 108 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 67 primary and 17 secondary schools. Of the 50 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 183 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Newham, offering about 6,245 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Newham sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 45% of its 185 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,283 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 Newham
See Newham 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 Newham?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).