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Alstone & St Mark's

Cheltenham · South West · population 10,358 · 7 LSOAs

Postcode GL50 · GL51

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,946 of 6,856 in England
  • #341 of 710 in South West
  • #11 of 15 in Cheltenham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,441
Median age (est.)36
Density4,724per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above42%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 13%25–44 35%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 13%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 33%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 12% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional12%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 18%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Alstone & St Mark's is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,946 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 15 in Cheltenham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Crime (20). Typical homes here sold for about £277,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 174 sales), 15% below the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,479 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,653 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 51 · #3,350
Employment 53 · #3,247
Education 58 · #2,905
Health 47 · #3,611
Crime 20 · #5,509
Housing & access 98 · #108
Living environment 52 · #3,323

House prices ?

£277,500median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=174
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£277,500174-0.9%+15.6%
Detached£429,00010-8.7%+26.2%
Semi-detached£310,00057-4.6%+19.2%
Terraced£288,00058-1.2%+25.2%
Flat£161,00049-2.4%+6.8%
This area£277,500
Cheltenham£325,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,653±£5,319 · #4,161 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,182
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Alstone & St Mark's has not published usable street-level data for this period, so no rate or comparison is shown (a zero here would be misleading, not reassuring).

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Arle & Hesters Way Lansdown & Montpellier The Park & Warden Hill St Paul's Springbank Benhall & The Reddings

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