Social housing in Northumberland
17.7% of households in Northumberland 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 Northumberland?
Northumberland ranks 119th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 146,845 households, 26,056 are social homes (17.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Northumberland compare with the UK average?
At +0.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Northumberland sits close to the national level.
Northumberland at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Northumberland.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Northumberland has 175 schools — 169 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 127 primary and 26 secondary schools. Of the 83 with a published Ofsted grade, 90% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 106 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Northumberland, offering about 4,942 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Northumberland sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 21% of its 200 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,226 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 Northumberland
See Northumberland 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 Northumberland?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).