Coleford

Forest of Dean · South West · population 10,859 · 7 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,816 of 6,856 in England
  • #488 of 710 in South West
  • #8 of 10 in Forest of Dean
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,856
Median age (est.)48
Density994per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 18%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Coleford is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,816 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 10 in Forest of Dean. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (87) and lowest on Education (32). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 155 sales), 7% below the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,043 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,906 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 39 · #4,152
Employment 34 · #4,543
Education 32 · #4,666
Health 54 · #3,165
Crime 54 · #3,151
Housing & access 37 · #4,344
Living environment 87 · #910

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · -3.3% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000155-3.3%+20.6%
Detached£362,50061+8.2%+22.9%
Semi-detached£245,00057-2.0%+31.0%
Terraced£192,00023+5.5%+17.2%
Flat£132,00014+9.8%+26.3%
This area£260,000
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)£33,906±£4,759 · #5,376 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,740
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Coleford 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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