Social housing in Sevenoaks
13.2% of households in Sevenoaks 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 Sevenoaks?
Sevenoaks ranks 245th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 49,009 households, 6,456 are social homes (13.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sevenoaks compare with the UK average?
At -4.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sevenoaks sits below the national level.
Sevenoaks at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sevenoaks.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sevenoaks has 65 schools — 50 state-funded and 15 independent. That includes 42 primary and 3 secondary schools. Of the 18 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 89 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sevenoaks, offering about 3,322 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sevenoaks sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 75 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,176 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 Sevenoaks
See Sevenoaks 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).