Social housing in Sunderland
26.7% of households in Sunderland 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 Sunderland?
Sunderland ranks 24th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 122,177 households, 32,586 are social homes (26.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sunderland compare with the UK average?
At +9.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sunderland sits above the national level.
Sunderland at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sunderland.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sunderland has 125 schools — 119 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 81 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 47 with a published Ofsted grade, 96% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 48 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sunderland, offering about 2,393 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sunderland sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 46% of its 185 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £1,587 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 Sunderland
See Sunderland 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).