Social housing in Reading
16.1% of households in Reading 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 Reading?
Reading ranks 151st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 67,634 households, 10,915 are social homes (16.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Reading compare with the UK average?
At -1.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Reading sits close to the national level.
Reading at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Reading.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Reading has 73 schools — 63 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 41 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 26 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 97 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Reading, offering about 3,853 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Reading sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 11% of its 100 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,322 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 Reading
See Reading 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).