Noun
council estate (plural council estates)
(UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
Synonyms: council housing estate, (Scotland) scheme
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. Michelle Obama
The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate. V. S. Naipaul
I grew up in northwest London on a council estate. My parents are Irish immigrants who came over here when they were very young and worked in menial jobs all their lives, and I'm one of many siblings. Amanda Hale
Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big. Noel Gallagher