Social housing in Redcar and Cleveland

18.9% of households in Redcar and Cleveland are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.

18.9%Social housing
11,652Social homes
61,656All households
Redcar and Cleveland18.9%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Redcar and Cleveland?

Redcar and Cleveland ranks 101st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 61,656 households, 11,652 are social homes (18.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Redcar and Cleveland compare with the UK average?

At +1.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Redcar and Cleveland sits close to the national level.

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Redcar and Cleveland at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Redcar and Cleveland.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Redcar and Cleveland has 64 schools — 59 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 44 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of the 31 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 34 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Redcar and Cleveland, offering about 1,480 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Redcar and Cleveland sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 36% of its 88 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £1,862 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 Redcar and Cleveland

See Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).