Social housing in Sefton
14.4% of households in Sefton 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 Sefton?
Sefton ranks 189th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 123,056 households, 17,735 are social homes (14.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sefton compare with the UK average?
At -3.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sefton sits below the national level.
Sefton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sefton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sefton has 116 schools — 106 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 74 primary and 18 secondary schools. Of the 47 with a published Ofsted grade, 85% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 96 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sefton, offering about 4,258 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sefton sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 27% of its 191 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,313 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 Sefton
See Sefton 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).