Social housing in Telford and Wrekin
18.0% of households in Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin?
Telford and Wrekin ranks 113th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 76,490 households, 13,773 are social homes (18.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Telford and Wrekin compare with the UK average?
At +0.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Telford and Wrekin sits close to the national level.
Telford and Wrekin at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Telford and Wrekin.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Telford and Wrekin has 86 schools — 78 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 56 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of the 35 with a published Ofsted grade, 69% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 65 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Telford and Wrekin, offering about 3,481 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Telford and Wrekin sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 115 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,536 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 Telford and Wrekin
See Telford and Wrekin 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).