Social housing in North Hertfordshire
18.7% of households in North Hertfordshire 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 North Hertfordshire?
North Hertfordshire ranks 107th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 56,717 households, 10,595 are social homes (18.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does North Hertfordshire compare with the UK average?
At +1.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, North Hertfordshire sits close to the national level.
North Hertfordshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about North Hertfordshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, North Hertfordshire has 69 schools — 65 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 53 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 30 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 100 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in North Hertfordshire, offering about 4,196 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in North Hertfordshire sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 82 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,870 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 North Hertfordshire
See North Hertfordshire 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).