Mitcheldean, Drybrook & Ruardean
Forest of Dean · South West · population 8,006 · 5 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,768 of 6,856 in England
- #479 of 710 in South West
- #6 of 10 in Forest of Dean
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Skilled trades 15% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%
All occupation groups
| Skilled trades | 15% |
| Professional | 15% |
| Caring & leisure | 12% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Administrative | 11% |
| Managers & directors | 10% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 52% · No religion 41% · 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
Mitcheldean, Drybrook & Ruardean sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,768 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 10 in Forest of Dean. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (75) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £247,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 97 sales), 11% below the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,750 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,872 a year, in the bottom third 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 | £247,000 | 97 | -5.4% | +8.0% |
| Detached | £353,750 | 40 | +3.3% | +14.1% |
| Semi-detached | £224,250 | 42 | -2.5% | +13.8% |
| Terraced | £216,000 | 14 | +10.8% | +20.3% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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 ?
- #1,750 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 Mitcheldean, Drybrook & Ruardean 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.
- Banbury GrimsburyCherwell45£248,000
- Barnstaple SticklepathNorth Devon45£285,000
- Borden & The MeadsSwale45£325,000
- Blunham, Caldecote & BroomCentral Bedfordshire45£442,000
- Fulham AintreeHammersmith and Fulham45£687,500
- AngelIslington45£845,000