Oakley

Cheltenham · South West · population 5,960 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,249 of 6,856 in England
  • #639 of 710 in South West
  • #14 of 15 in Cheltenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,867
Median age (est.)39
Density4,246per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above27%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 34%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · 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

Oakley is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,249 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 15 in Cheltenham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Education (12). Typical homes here, about £290,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 67 sales), 11% below the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,497 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 18 · #5,592
Employment 18 · #5,592
Education 12 · #6,037
Health 27 · #5,016
Crime 18 · #5,640
Housing & access 94 · #389
Living environment 72 · #1,938

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +14.9% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,00067+14.9%+35.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£315,00030-3.1%+35.5%
Terraced£278,00018+6.7%+47.1%
Flat£220,00015+95.6%+50.2%
This area£290,000
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)£34,497±£4,848 · #5,193 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,549
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Oakley 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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