Social housing in Surrey Heath
9.6% of households in Surrey Heath 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 Surrey Heath?
Surrey Heath ranks 349th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 35,975 households, 3,450 are social homes (9.6%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Surrey Heath compare with the UK average?
At -7.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Surrey Heath sits below the national level.
Surrey Heath at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Surrey Heath.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Surrey Heath has 36 schools — 32 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 14 with a published Ofsted grade, 93% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 57 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Surrey Heath, offering about 2,226 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Surrey Heath sits in decile 9 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 55 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,789 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 Surrey Heath
See Surrey Heath 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).