Social housing in Worthing
9.8% of households in Worthing 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 Worthing?
Worthing ranks 346th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 49,535 households, 4,835 are social homes (9.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Worthing compare with the UK average?
At -7.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Worthing sits below the national level.
Worthing at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Worthing.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Worthing has 36 schools — 30 state-funded and 6 independent. That includes 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 15 with a published Ofsted grade, 73% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 54 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Worthing, offering about 2,412 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Worthing sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 4% of its 68 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,345 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 Worthing
See Worthing 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).