Social housing in Woking
11.5% of households in Woking 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 Woking?
Woking ranks 302nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 41,431 households, 4,785 are social homes (11.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Woking compare with the UK average?
At -5.9 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Woking sits below the national level.
Woking at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Woking.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Woking has 38 schools — 34 state-funded and 4 independent. That includes 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 93% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 58 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Woking, offering about 2,572 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Woking sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 2% of its 62 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,296 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 Woking
See Woking 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).