Bream, Pillowell & Yorkley

Forest of Dean · South West · population 8,340 · 5 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,755 of 6,856 in England
  • #478 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 10 in Forest of Dean
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,324
Median age (est.)50
Density210per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above28%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Bream, Pillowell & Yorkley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,755 of 6,856 in England, and #5 of 10 in Forest of Dean. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (70) and lowest on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 88 sales), 6% above the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Typical household take-home income is around £37,132 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 56 · #3,001
Employment 50 · #3,412
Education 37 · #4,303
Health 70 · #2,068
Crime 60 · #2,774
Housing & access 16 · #5,763
Living environment 16 · #5,736

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · -7.5% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,00088-7.5%+5.4%
Detached£422,50043+17.4%+28.0%
Semi-detached£250,00033-2.0%+19.0%
Terraced£203,50010-26.8%+32.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£295,000
Forest of Dean£278,500
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)£37,132±£5,229 · #4,326 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,968
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Bream, Pillowell & Yorkley 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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