Social housing in Southend-on-Sea
11.5% of households in Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea?
Southend-on-Sea ranks 304th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 78,341 households, 9,009 are social homes (11.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Southend-on-Sea compare with the UK average?
At -6.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Southend-on-Sea sits below the national level.
Southend-on-Sea at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Southend-on-Sea.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Southend-on-Sea has 60 schools — 53 state-funded and 7 independent. That includes 33 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 28 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 64 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Southend-on-Sea, offering about 3,260 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Southend-on-Sea sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 23% of its 108 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,128 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 Southend-on-Sea
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).