Social housing in Runnymede

12.9% of households in Runnymede are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.

12.9%Social housing
4,507Social homes
34,829All households
Runnymede12.9%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Runnymede?

Runnymede ranks 259th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 34,829 households, 4,507 are social homes (12.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Runnymede compare with the UK average?

At -4.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Runnymede sits below the national level.

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Runnymede at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Runnymede.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Runnymede has 41 schools — 34 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 87% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 55 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Runnymede, offering about 2,177 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Runnymede sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 52 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £5,384 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 Runnymede

See Runnymede 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 Runnymede?

“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).