Social housing in St. Helens
19.8% of households in St. Helens 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 St. Helens?
St. Helens ranks 84th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 80,995 households, 15,998 are social homes (19.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does St. Helens compare with the UK average?
At +2.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, St. Helens sits above the national level.
St. Helens at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about St. Helens.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, St. Helens has 79 schools — 73 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 54 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 29 with a published Ofsted grade, 76% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in St. Helens, offering about 3,192 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in St. Helens sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 36% of its 121 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,192 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 St. Helens
See St. Helens 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).