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Benhall & The Reddings

Cheltenham · South West · population 7,149 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode GL51

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #348 of 6,856 in England
  • #28 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 15 in Cheltenham
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,151
Median age (est.)45
Density2,266per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 4%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Administrative 17% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Administrative17%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 41% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Benhall & The Reddings is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #348 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 15 in Cheltenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (91) and lowest on Crime (73). Typical homes here, about £377,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 42% in five years (from 120 sales), 16% above the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,635 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 88 · #807
Employment 87 · #917
Education 83 · #1,177
Health 84 · #1,081
Crime 73 · #1,863
Housing & access 87 · #889
Living environment 91 · #642

House prices ?

£377,500median (12m) · +6.5% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,500120+6.5%+42.5%
Detached£562,50032-6.8%+58.5%
Semi-detached£395,00043+7.3%+41.1%
Terraced£259,37524+4.8%+29.7%
Flat£201,00021-9.7%+26.4%
This area£377,500
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)£44,635±£6,256 · #2,168 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,284
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Benhall & The Reddings 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 Springbank Hatherley Alstone & St Mark's The Park & Warden Hill Shurdington, Staverton & Witcombe (Tewkesbury)

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