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Podsmead & Linden

Gloucester · South West · population 9,307 · 6 LSOAs

Postcode GL1 · GL2

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,707 of 6,856 in England
  • #597 of 710 in South West
  • #11 of 15 in Gloucester
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,144
Median age (est.)38
Density3,419per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above24%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 18%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 5%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 5%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Podsmead & Linden is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,707 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 15 in Gloucester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (68) and lowest on Education (22). Typical homes here sold for about £235,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 151 sales), 7% below the wider Gloucester median of £253,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,667 a year, in the bottom third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,557
Employment 32 · #4,639
Education 22 · #5,352
Health 31 · #4,755
Crime 29 · #4,893
Housing & access 68 · #2,199
Living environment 38 · #4,214

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · -4.1% yr · n=151
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,000151-4.1%+7.8%
Detached£360,0009+5.9%+12.5%
Semi-detached£255,00073-8.9%+7.8%
Terraced£215,00049+4.4%+30.3%
Flat£172,50020+48.7%—
This area£235,000
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)£34,667±£4,918 · #5,130 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,274
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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Podsmead & Linden 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

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