Battledown & Charlton Kings

Cheltenham · South West · population 12,393 · 8 LSOAs

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

98Area Score / 100 ?
  • #156 of 6,856 in England
  • #16 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 15 in Cheltenham
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,195
Median age (est.)42
Density1,030per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above51%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 6%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Battledown & Charlton Kings is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #156 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #4 of 15 in Cheltenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (97) and lowest on Living environment (73). Typical homes here, about £444,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 217 sales), 37% above the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,601 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 92 · #581
Employment 96 · #238
Education 97 · #190
Health 90 · #704
Crime 80 · #1,369
Housing & access 91 · #608
Living environment 73 · #1,849

House prices ?

£444,500median (12m) · +10.6% yr · n=217
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£444,500217+10.6%+30.0%
Detached£706,22574+11.0%+51.5%
Semi-detached£428,25074+3.2%+18.5%
Terraced£315,00047+5.0%+26.0%
Flat£177,50022-14.7%+17.4%
This area£444,500
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)£49,601±£7,128 · #1,125 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,794
Price-to-income ?9.0×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Battledown & Charlton Kings 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).

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