Social housing in Stockton-on-Tees
16.3% of households in Stockton-on-Tees are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Stockton-on-Tees?
Stockton-on-Tees ranks 142nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 83,648 households, 13,635 are social homes (16.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Stockton-on-Tees compare with the UK average?
At -1.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Stockton-on-Tees sits close to the national level.
Stockton-on-Tees at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Stockton-on-Tees.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Stockton-on-Tees has 87 schools — 79 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 60 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of the 30 with a published Ofsted grade, 93% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 57 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Stockton-on-Tees, offering about 2,911 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Stockton-on-Tees sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 33% of its 124 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,903 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).
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).