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Berkeley & Sharpness

Stroud · South West · population 6,783 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode GL11 · GL12 · GL13

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,267 of 6,856 in England
  • #243 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 15 in Stroud
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,566
Median age (est.)48
Density98per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above32%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Berkeley & Sharpness is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,267 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 15 in Stroud. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (85) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 97 sales), in line with the wider Stroud median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,043 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 79 · #1,424
Employment 85 · #1,006
Education 60 · #2,733
Health 82 · #1,246
Crime 76 · #1,650
Housing & access 12 · #6,037
Living environment 27 · #4,975

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · -13.3% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00097-13.3%+13.6%
Detached£507,50044+8.7%+55.9%
Semi-detached£300,00020+3.4%+7.2%
Terraced£240,00029+4.3%+9.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£325,000
Stroud£330,000
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)£42,043±£5,877 · #2,836 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,345
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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Berkeley & Sharpness 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.

Cam Lydney (Forest of Dean) Dursley Thornbury North (South Gloucestershire) Tidenham & Woolaston (Forest of Dean) Wotton-under-Edge & Kingswood

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