Dursley

Stroud · South West · population 7,524 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,035 of 6,856 in England
  • #358 of 710 in South West
  • #13 of 15 in Stroud
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,461
Median age (est.)42
Density1,615per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Dursley is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,035 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 15 in Stroud. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (69) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £276,250 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 132 sales), 16% below the wider Stroud median of £330,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,550 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £40,807 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 52 · #3,268
Employment 49 · #3,467
Education 42 · #4,008
Health 61 · #2,699
Crime 56 · #3,001
Housing & access 36 · #4,351
Living environment 69 · #2,116

House prices ?

£276,250median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£276,250132-1.3%+1.8%
Detached£420,00029-0.6%+2.4%
Semi-detached£296,50042+5.5%+11.3%
Terraced£250,00036-1.6%+13.0%
Flat£149,00025-1.3%
This area£276,250
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)£40,807±£5,703 · #3,172 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,889
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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Dursley 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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