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Chalford & Bussage

Stroud · South West · population 6,317 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode GL5 · GL6

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #375 of 6,856 in England
  • #29 of 710 in South West
  • #1 of 15 in Stroud
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,284
Median age (est.)49
Density1,312per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above44%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 3%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

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 48% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

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

Chalford & Bussage is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #375 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 15 in Stroud. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 99 sales), 14% above the wider Stroud median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,581 a year, in the top third of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #341
Employment 96 · #265
Education 94 · #389
Health 94 · #403
Crime 97 · #217
Housing & access 28 · #4,913
Living environment 66 · #2,363

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,00099+5.6%+15.4%
Detached£510,00045+3.1%+32.5%
Semi-detached£389,99822+23.8%+27.9%
Terraced£245,00027-1.3%+11.9%
Flat£167,5005—+22.9%
This area£375,000
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)£45,581±£6,493 · #1,942 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,264
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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Chalford & Bussage 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.

Rodborough & Thrupp Minchinhampton & Amberley Stroud Town Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe Ebley & Randwick Nailsworth

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