Social housing in Redbridge
11.3% of households in Redbridge 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 Redbridge?
Redbridge ranks 308th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 103,710 households, 11,726 are social homes (11.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Redbridge compare with the UK average?
At -6.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Redbridge sits below the national level.
Redbridge at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Redbridge.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Redbridge has 95 schools — 80 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 53 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of the 34 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 204 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Redbridge, offering about 7,359 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Redbridge sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 9% of its 164 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,167 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 Redbridge
See Redbridge 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).