Social housing in Waltham Forest
21.5% of households in Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest?
Waltham Forest ranks 64th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 102,864 households, 22,100 are social homes (21.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Waltham Forest compare with the UK average?
At +4.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Waltham Forest sits above the national level.
Waltham Forest at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Waltham Forest.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Waltham Forest has 87 schools — 82 state-funded and 5 independent. That includes 50 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of the 26 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 143 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Waltham Forest, offering about 6,185 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Waltham Forest sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 13% of its 146 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £6,605 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 Waltham Forest
See Waltham Forest 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).