Social housing in Uttlesford
13.0% of households in Uttlesford 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 Uttlesford?
Uttlesford ranks 251st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 36,959 households, 4,813 are social homes (13.0%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Uttlesford compare with the UK average?
At -4.5 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Uttlesford sits below the national level.
Uttlesford at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Uttlesford.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Uttlesford has 44 schools — 41 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 37 primary and 3 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 75 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Uttlesford, offering about 2,783 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Uttlesford sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 49 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,491 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 Uttlesford
See Uttlesford 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).