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Matson & Robinswood

Gloucester · South West · population 9,167 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode GL4

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,928 of 6,856 in England
  • #678 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 15 in Gloucester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,219
Median age (est.)39
Density2,029per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 34%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary13%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 4%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 0%
White 85%Asian 4%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Matson & Robinswood is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,928 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in Gloucester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Crime (5). Typical homes here, about £262,048 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 120 sales), in line with the wider Gloucester median of £253,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,932 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,523
Employment 13 · #5,948
Education 8 · #6,332
Health 17 · #5,681
Crime 5 · #6,524
Housing & access 45 · #3,761
Living environment 78 · #1,499

House prices ?

£262,048median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,048120+6.1%+39.8%
Detached£346,75031+2.3%+30.4%
Semi-detached£267,42146+9.2%+21.0%
Terraced£201,00037-2.2%+23.7%
Flat£110,0006——
This area£262,048
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)£33,932±£4,807 · #5,367 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,570
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Matson & Robinswood 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.

Tuffley Tredworth Abbeymead & Abbeydale Coney Hill, Barnwood & Abbeydale Barton Podsmead & Linden

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