Social housing in Tamworth
18.0% of households in Tamworth 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 Tamworth?
Tamworth ranks 115th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 32,922 households, 5,923 are social homes (18.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Tamworth compare with the UK average?
At +0.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Tamworth sits close to the national level.
Tamworth at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Tamworth.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Tamworth has 37 schools — 35 state-funded and 2 independent. That includes 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 33 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Tamworth, offering about 1,250 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Tamworth sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 18% of its 51 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,897 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 Tamworth
See Tamworth 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).