Social housing in Wandsworth
19.3% of households in Wandsworth are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Wandsworth?
Wandsworth ranks 92nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 137,435 households, 26,552 are social homes (19.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wandsworth compare with the UK average?
At +1.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wandsworth sits close to the national level.
Wandsworth at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wandsworth.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wandsworth has 115 schools — 85 state-funded and 30 independent. That includes 58 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 40 with a published Ofsted grade, 95% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 238 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wandsworth, offering about 10,620 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wandsworth sits in decile 7 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 186 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £8,349 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 Wandsworth
See Wandsworth 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).