Lydbrook, Newland & St Briavels

Forest of Dean · South West · population 5,043 · 3 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,110 of 6,856 in England
  • #373 of 710 in South West
  • #3 of 10 in Forest of Dean
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,102
Median age (est.)54
Density78per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 35%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 7%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

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 42% · 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

Lydbrook, Newland & St Briavels sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,110 of 6,856 in England, and #3 of 10 in Forest of Dean. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (87) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here, about £373,400 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 59 sales), 34% above the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Typical household take-home income is around £39,885 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 87 · #862
Employment 66 · #2,363
Education 68 · #2,192
Health 81 · #1,287
Crime 86 · #930
Housing & access 7 · #6,401
Living environment 5 · #6,524

House prices ?

£373,400median (12m) · +1.7% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£373,40059+1.7%+25.5%
Detached£456,00038+7.0%+18.4%
Semi-detached£267,50016+10.9%+23.6%
Terraced£219,0005+4.3%+17.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£373,400
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)£39,885±£5,591 · #3,460 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,421
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

50Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lydbrook, Newland & St Briavels 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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