Social housing in Sandwell
26.6% of households in Sandwell are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Sandwell?
Sandwell ranks 25th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 130,290 households, 34,620 are social homes (26.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sandwell compare with the UK average?
At +9.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sandwell sits above the national level.
Sandwell at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sandwell.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sandwell has 134 schools — 124 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 93 primary and 22 secondary schools. Of the 55 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 130 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sandwell, offering about 5,707 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sandwell sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 56% of its 190 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,571 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 Sandwell
See Sandwell 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).