Social housing in Westminster
28.3% of households in Westminster are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is well above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Westminster?
Westminster ranks 17th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 94,836 households, 26,796 are social homes (28.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Westminster compare with the UK average?
At +10.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Westminster sits well above the national level. It is among the highest shares in the country.
Westminster at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Westminster.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Westminster has 99 schools — 66 state-funded and 33 independent. That includes 33 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 25 with a published Ofsted grade, 100% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 101 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Westminster, offering about 4,040 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Westminster sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 24% of its 123 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £11,995 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 Westminster
See Westminster through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Westminster?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).