Social housing in Ribble Valley
8.0% of households in Ribble Valley 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 Ribble Valley?
Ribble Valley ranks 370th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 26,700 households, 2,149 are social homes (8.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Ribble Valley compare with the UK average?
At -9.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Ribble Valley sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Ribble Valley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Ribble Valley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Ribble Valley has 44 schools — 40 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 32 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 14 with a published Ofsted grade, 79% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 45 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Ribble Valley, offering about 1,840 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Ribble Valley sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 39 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,767 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 Ribble Valley
See Ribble Valley 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).