Longhope, Westbury & Blakeney
Forest of Dean · South West · population 6,637 · 4 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,974 of 6,856 in England
- #504 of 710 in South West
- #9 of 10 in Forest of Dean
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 18% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 15%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 18% |
| Managers & directors | 16% |
| Skilled trades | 15% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Caring & leisure | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Other 1%
Born outside the UK: 5%
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
Longhope, Westbury & Blakeney is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,974 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 10 in Forest of Dean. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (78) but weak on Living environment (3). Typical homes here sold for about £332,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 84 sales), 19% above the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,714 a year, around the middle of England.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £332,500 | 84 | -8.9% | +9.9% |
| Detached | £467,500 | 35 | +10.0% | +26.4% |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | 29 | -4.3% | +27.0% |
| Terraced | £262,500 | 14 | +12.9% | +62.3% |
| Flat | £250,000 | 6 | — | — |
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Household income
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 ?
- #3,467 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime
No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Longhope, Westbury & Blakeney 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.
Other areas in Forest of Dean
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Fleggburgh, Rollesby & MarthamGreat Yarmouth42£268,000
- Walsgrave & Woodway ParkCoventry42£250,000
- Dawlish SouthTeignbridge42£246,000
- Bedworth WoodlandsNuneaton and Bedworth42£245,000
- SouthgateEnfield42£480,000
- ScawthorpeDoncaster42£167,750