Prestbury & Racecourse
Cheltenham · South West · population 6,281 · 4 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #39 of 6,856 in England
- #7 of 710 in South West
- #3 of 15 in Cheltenham
- Least deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 28% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 28% |
| Managers & directors | 16% |
| Associate professional | 15% |
| Administrative | 13% |
| Skilled trades | 7% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Caring & leisure | 6% |
| Elementary | 6% |
| Process & plant | 4% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 9%
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
Prestbury & Racecourse is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #39 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #3 of 15 in Cheltenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (97) and lowest on Housing & access (82). Typical homes here sold for about £423,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 114 sales), 30% above the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,916 a year, in the top third of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £423,500 | 114 | +0.8% | +16.0% |
| Detached | £630,000 | 38 | +5.0% | +44.8% |
| Semi-detached | £420,000 | 43 | +0.2% | +25.8% |
| Terraced | £357,500 | 8 | +8.3% | +9.0% |
| Flat | £217,500 | 25 | +1.2% | +14.5% |
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Household income
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 ?
- #2,436 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Prestbury & Racecourse 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.
Other areas in Cheltenham
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Nailsea EastNorth Somerset99£422,000
- Hill HeadFareham99£392,500
- WiggintonYork99£325,000
- Twyford West & CharvilWokingham99£549,000
- Berkhamsted TownDacorum99£575,000
- Croxley GreenThree Rivers99£615,000