St Paul's

Cheltenham · South West · population 8,006 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,296 of 6,856 in England
  • #545 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 15 in Cheltenham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,096
Median age (est.)30
Density5,530per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above36%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 29%25–44 30%45–64 17%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 18%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 9%Other: 23%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 9%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 16% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary16%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 36% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

St Paul's is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,296 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in Cheltenham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (96) but weak on Crime (10). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 126 sales), 23% below the wider Cheltenham median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,554 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,214
Employment 44 · #3,837
Education 31 · #4,714
Health 38 · #4,262
Crime 10 · #6,140
Housing & access 96 · #265
Living environment 40 · #4,145

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000126-3.8%+13.6%
Detached£504,00022-26.4%+4.5%
Semi-detached£305,00017-14.7%-8.1%
Terraced£240,00061-5.9%+15.6%
Flat£190,00026-2.6%-6.7%
This area£250,000
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)£35,554±£5,096 · #4,867 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,143
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering St Paul'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).

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