Social housing in Stoke-on-Trent

22.3% of households in Stoke-on-Trent are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

22.3%Social housing
24,573Social homes
110,381All households
Stoke-on-Trent22.3%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Stoke-on-Trent?

Stoke-on-Trent ranks 59th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 110,381 households, 24,573 are social homes (22.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Stoke-on-Trent compare with the UK average?

At +4.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Stoke-on-Trent sits above the national level.

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Stoke-on-Trent at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Stoke-on-Trent.

Schools

On the Department for Education's register, Stoke-on-Trent has 117 schools — 98 state-funded and 19 independent. That includes 71 primary and 15 secondary schools. Of the 41 with a published Ofsted grade, 90% are Good or Outstanding.

Nurseries

There are 84 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Stoke-on-Trent, offering about 4,230 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.

Deprivation

The median neighbourhood in Stoke-on-Trent sits in decile 2 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 52% of its 163 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.

House prices

The median neighbourhood price is about £1,833 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 Stoke-on-Trent

See Stoke-on-Trent through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:

Which areas are similar to Stoke-on-Trent?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).