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Tidenham & Woolaston

Forest of Dean · South West · population 7,852 · 5 LSOAs

Postcode GL15 · NP16 · NP6

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,226 of 6,856 in England
  • #234 of 710 in South West
  • #1 of 10 in Forest of Dean
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,620
Median age (est.)47
Density167per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 26%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Tidenham & Woolaston is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,226 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 10 in Forest of Dean. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £347,500 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 78 sales), 25% above the wider Forest of Dean median of £278,500. Typical household take-home income is around £43,800 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 65 · #2,377
Employment 69 · #2,096
Education 66 · #2,329
Health 84 · #1,109
Crime 89 · #752
Housing & access 18 · #5,633
Living environment 44 · #3,837

House prices ?

£347,500median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,50078+2.4%-0.7%
Detached£417,00050+0.7%-0.7%
Semi-detached£280,00019+6.4%+16.7%
Terraced£304,7008+2.4%+58.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£347,500
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)£43,800±£6,181 · #2,367 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,403
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Tidenham & Woolaston 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.

Lydney Berkeley & Sharpness (Stroud) Bream, Pillowell & Yorkley Thornbury North (South Gloucestershire) Lydbrook, Newland & St Briavels Coleford

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