Social housing in Walsall
23.7% of households in Walsall 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 Walsall?
Walsall ranks 45th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 112,272 households, 26,588 are social homes (23.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Walsall compare with the UK average?
At +6.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Walsall sits above the national level.
Walsall at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Walsall.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Walsall has 132 schools — 122 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 85 primary and 17 secondary schools. Of the 58 with a published Ofsted grade, 86% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 73 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Walsall, offering about 3,392 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Walsall sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 49% of its 169 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,478 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 Walsall
See Walsall 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).