Social housing in Wolverhampton
25.2% of households in Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton?
Wolverhampton ranks 37th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 105,146 households, 26,462 are social homes (25.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wolverhampton compare with the UK average?
At +7.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wolverhampton sits above the national level.
Wolverhampton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wolverhampton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wolverhampton has 127 schools — 116 state-funded and 11 independent. That includes 72 primary and 20 secondary schools. Of the 41 with a published Ofsted grade, 90% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 72 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wolverhampton, offering about 3,487 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wolverhampton sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 48% of its 161 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,439 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 Wolverhampton
See Wolverhampton 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).