Cinderford

Forest of Dean · South West · population 12,953 · 7 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,324 of 6,856 in England
  • #547 of 710 in South West
  • #10 of 10 in Forest of Dean
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,959
Median age (est.)45
Density348per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 17%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Caring & leisure 14% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Caring & leisure14%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Cinderford is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 10 in Forest of Dean. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (52) and lowest on Education (30). Typical homes here sold for about £217,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 151 sales), 22% below the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,974 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,902 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,269
Employment 31 · #4,755
Education 30 · #4,810
Health 52 · #3,309
Crime 38 · #4,282
Housing & access 32 · #4,673
Living environment 43 · #3,905

House prices ?

£217,000median (12m) · -3.6% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£217,000151-3.6%+20.6%
Detached£286,00050-3.1%+13.3%
Semi-detached£225,000490.0%+27.1%
Terraced£180,000470.0%+12.5%
Flat£205,0005+76.3%
This area£217,000
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)£33,902±£4,764 · #5,379 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,681
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Cinderford 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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