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Bourton-on-the-Water & Vale

Cotswold · South West · population 9,492 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode GL54 · GL56 · OX7

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,774 of 6,856 in England
  • #183 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 11 in Cotswold
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,510
Median age (est.)48
Density62per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above39%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 13%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Other 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

Bourton-on-the-Water & Vale is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,774 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in Cotswold. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (92) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 127 sales), 6% above the wider Cotswold median of £445,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,938 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 85 · #999
Employment 92 · #574
Education 81 · #1,307
Health 92 · #581
Crime 78 · #1,506
Housing & access 12 · #6,051
Living environment 31 · #4,714

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,000127-2.1%+15.3%
Detached£610,50058-6.1%+16.3%
Semi-detached£370,00037-3.3%+5.7%
Terraced£395,00024+31.7%+43.8%
Flat£170,7508—-1.9%
This area£470,000
Cotswold£445,000
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)£44,938±£6,357 · #2,095 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,995
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Bourton-on-the-Water & Vale 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Moreton & Stow-on-the-Wold Winchcombe & Washbourne (Tewkesbury) Willersey, Chipping Campden & Blockley Sandywell, Ermin & Chedworth Broadway, Wickhamford & Sedgeberrow (Wychavon) Chadlington & Wychwoods (West Oxfordshire)

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