Lower Tuffley

Gloucester · South West · population 5,600 · 4 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,761 of 6,856 in England
  • #320 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 15 in Gloucester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,684
Median age (est.)48
Density4,034per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above18%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 25%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 5%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative11%
Professional10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Lower Tuffley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,761 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 15 in Gloucester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (72) and lowest on Education (33). Typical homes here, about £237,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 79 sales), 6% below the wider Gloucester median of £253,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #729 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,718 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 63 · #2,548
Employment 59 · #2,836
Education 33 · #4,577
Health 39 · #4,186
Crime 48 · #3,576
Housing & access 72 · #1,931
Living environment 71 · #2,013

House prices ?

£237,000median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£237,00079-3.0%+26.6%
Detached£258,0005-14.0%+10.7%
Semi-detached£255,000430.0%+26.2%
Terraced£214,00022+1.4%+30.9%
Flat£125,0009-16.4%+0.8%
This area£237,000
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)£34,718±£5,019 · #5,122 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,009
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Lower Tuffley 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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