Social housing in Rossendale
14.7% of households in Rossendale 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 Rossendale?
Rossendale ranks 178th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 30,530 households, 4,500 are social homes (14.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Rossendale compare with the UK average?
At -2.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Rossendale sits below the national level.
Rossendale at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Rossendale.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Rossendale has 47 schools — 43 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 16 with a published Ofsted grade, 75% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 38 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Rossendale, offering about 1,742 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Rossendale sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 33% of its 43 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,078 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 Rossendale
See Rossendale 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).