Social housing in Torbay
8.3% of households in Torbay 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 Torbay?
Torbay ranks 365th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 63,001 households, 5,224 are social homes (8.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Torbay compare with the UK average?
At -9.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Torbay sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Torbay at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Torbay.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Torbay has 48 schools — 45 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 31 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of the 22 with a published Ofsted grade, 91% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 39 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Torbay, offering about 1,278 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Torbay sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 91 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,000 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 Torbay
See Torbay 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).