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Nailsworth

Stroud · South West · population 6,513 · 4 LSOAs

Postcode GL5 · GL6 · GL8

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,048 of 6,856 in England
  • #223 of 710 in South West
  • #10 of 15 in Stroud
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,496
Median age (est.)49
Density353per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above43%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 14%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Nailsworth is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,048 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 15 in Stroud. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (77) and lowest on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £337,750 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 80 sales), in line with the wider Stroud median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,253 a year, around the middle of England.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,260
Employment 69 · #2,151
Education 72 · #1,945
Health 77 · #1,568
Crime 60 · #2,726
Housing & access 36 · #4,406
Living environment 36 · #4,372

House prices ?

£337,750median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£337,75080-3.5%+8.1%
Detached£575,00027-7.3%+27.8%
Semi-detached£352,50016+5.2%+33.0%
Terraced£312,50012-3.8%+25.7%
Flat£186,00025+0.5%+2.1%
This area£337,750
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)£41,253±£5,788 · #3,054 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,516
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 ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime

No recorded-crime data: the police force covering Nailsworth 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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Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Minchinhampton & Amberley Leonard Stanley & Uley Rodborough & Thrupp Tetbury (Cotswold) Stroud Town Chalford & Bussage

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