Social housing in Swansea
19.1% of households in Swansea 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 Swansea?
Swansea ranks 96th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 104,985 households, 20,068 are social homes (19.1%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Swansea compare with the UK average?
At +1.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Swansea sits close to the national level.
Swansea at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Swansea.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Swansea has 98 schools — 98 state-funded.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Swansea sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 143 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,182 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 Swansea
See Swansea 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).