Cam

Stroud · South West · population 8,758 · 6 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,794 of 6,856 in England
  • #187 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 15 in Stroud
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,521
Median age (est.)50
Density721per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above32%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 15%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Cam is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,794 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 15 in Stroud. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Housing & access (33). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 163 sales), in line with the wider Stroud median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,055 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,322
Employment 66 · #2,322
Education 57 · #2,973
Health 76 · #1,616
Crime 77 · #1,561
Housing & access 33 · #4,584
Living environment 90 · #704

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=163
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,000163-0.9%+17.5%
Detached£448,00069+6.7%+29.9%
Semi-detached£293,50056-0.5%+19.8%
Terraced£259,75026+7.3%+38.3%
Flat£122,50012-17.5%+48.5%
This area£320,000
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)£39,055±£5,457 · #3,700 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,961
Price-to-income ?8.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Cam 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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