Social housing in Slough
19.6% of households in Slough 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 Slough?
Slough ranks 87th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 52,424 households, 10,293 are social homes (19.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Slough compare with the UK average?
At +2.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Slough sits above the national level.
Slough at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Slough.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Slough has 59 schools — 51 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 28 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 62 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Slough, offering about 2,336 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Slough sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 10% of its 84 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,928 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 Slough
See Slough 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).