Social housing in Tameside
21.2% of households in Tameside 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 Tameside?
Tameside ranks 66th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 99,472 households, 21,136 are social homes (21.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Tameside compare with the UK average?
At +3.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Tameside sits above the national level.
Tameside at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Tameside.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Tameside has 110 schools — 100 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 75 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 44 with a published Ofsted grade, 80% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 92 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Tameside, offering about 5,229 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Tameside sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 38% of its 142 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,589 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 Tameside
See Tameside 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).