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Cirencester Central

Cotswold · South West · population 6,176 · 4 LSOAs

Part of Cirencester · Postcode GL7

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,370 of 6,856 in England
  • #257 of 710 in South West
  • #9 of 11 in Cotswold
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,131
Median age (est.)49
Density485per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 13%25–44 21%45–64 25%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 23%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 48%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 48%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 38% · Hindu 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

Cirencester Central is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,370 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 11 in Cotswold. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Living environment (31). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 99 sales), 27% below the wider Cotswold median of £445,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,674 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,939
Employment 57 · #2,973
Education 74 · #1,787
Health 69 · #2,109
Crime 39 · #4,173
Housing & access 95 · #320
Living environment 31 · #4,735

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00099+14.0%+14.8%
Detached£425,0007—-21.3%
Semi-detached£435,00014+2.8%+13.0%
Terraced£380,00041+8.5%+20.7%
Flat£192,00037+4.6%-0.5%
This area£325,000
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)£38,674±£5,547 · #3,815 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,647
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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Cirencester Central 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.

Cirencester East & Stratton Cirencester South Kemble & South Cerney Chalford & Bussage (Stroud) Malmesbury, Crudwell & Oaksey (Wiltshire) Cricklade & Ashton Keynes (Wiltshire)

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