Social housing in South Cambridgeshire
14.4% of households in South Cambridgeshire 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 South Cambridgeshire?
South Cambridgeshire ranks 187th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 67,024 households, 9,681 are social homes (14.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does South Cambridgeshire compare with the UK average?
At -3.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, South Cambridgeshire sits below the national level.
South Cambridgeshire at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about South Cambridgeshire.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, South Cambridgeshire has 85 schools — 77 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 60 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 31 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 128 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in South Cambridgeshire, offering about 5,158 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in South Cambridgeshire sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 99 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,313 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 South Cambridgeshire
See South Cambridgeshire 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).