Social housing in Wirral
15.4% of households in Wirral 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 Wirral?
Wirral ranks 161st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 143,327 households, 22,100 are social homes (15.4%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wirral compare with the UK average?
At -2.1 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wirral sits below the national level.
Wirral at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wirral.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wirral has 137 schools — 127 state-funded and 10 independent. That includes 90 primary and 19 secondary schools. Of the 63 with a published Ofsted grade, 78% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 123 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wirral, offering about 5,433 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wirral sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 33% of its 209 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,256 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 Wirral
See Wirral 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 Wirral?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).