Central Gloucester & Hempsted

Gloucester · South West · population 11,882 · 7 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,948 of 6,856 in England
  • #679 of 710 in South West
  • #13 of 15 in Gloucester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,552
Median age (est.)35
Density1,486per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 18%25–44 34%45–64 21%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 18%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 46%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 46%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 7%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 7%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 41% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Central Gloucester & Hempsted is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,948 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 15 in Gloucester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Crime (2). Typical homes here sold for about £172,500 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 157 sales), 32% below the wider Gloucester median of £253,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,877 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 21 · #5,427
Employment 20 · #5,475
Education 13 · #5,962
Health 8 · #6,277
Crime 2 · #6,702
Housing & access 54 · #3,165
Living environment 32 · #4,680

House prices ?

£172,500median (12m) · -9.2% yr · n=157
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,500157-9.2%-10.4%
Detached£505,00017+4.3%+23.2%
Semi-detached£268,75014-8.5%+12.9%
Terraced£217,50036+1.2%+3.6%
Flat£146,25090-0.8%-4.9%
This area£172,500
Gloucester£253,000
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)£32,877±£4,680 · #5,717 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,925
Price-to-income ?5.2×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Central Gloucester & Hempsted 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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