Social housing in Thanet
11.9% of households in Thanet 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 Thanet?
Thanet ranks 294th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 62,192 households, 7,408 are social homes (11.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Thanet compare with the UK average?
At -5.6 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Thanet sits below the national level.
Thanet at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Thanet.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Thanet has 59 schools — 46 state-funded and 13 independent. That includes 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Of the 17 with a published Ofsted grade, 94% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 44 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Thanet, offering about 2,228 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Thanet sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 35% of its 86 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,521 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 Thanet
See Thanet 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).