Social housing in Torfaen
23.8% of households in Torfaen 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 Torfaen?
Torfaen ranks 43rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 40,253 households, 9,583 are social homes (23.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Torfaen compare with the UK average?
At +6.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Torfaen sits above the national level.
Torfaen at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Torfaen.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Torfaen has 33 schools — 33 state-funded.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Torfaen sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 32% of its 60 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,089 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 Torfaen
See Torfaen 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).