City Profile • Local Authority

Cheltenham

Cheltenham is a local authority district comprising 4 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £398k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.3% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 100 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

119,434
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

4 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Cheltenham authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English83.2%
White: Other White7.0%
Indian1.7%
Other Asian1.1%
White and Asian1.0%
White: Irish0.9%

Age Profile

30-34 years7.0%
35-39 years6.9%
25-29 years6.8%
55-59 years6.8%
20-24 years6.7%
50-54 years6.6%

Top Occupations

Professional24.7%
Managers and directors13.4%
Associate professional13.2%
Administrative and secretarial11.5%
Elementary occupations9.0%
Skilled trades8.3%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright34.8%
Owned: Mortgage28.9%
Private rented: Landlord21.6%
Social rented: Council7.7%
Social rented: Other4.5%
Private rented: Other1.8%

Area DNA

family2/10
health10/10
safety3/10
homeown4/10
transit10/10
affluence9/10
diversity7/10
employment8/10
investment5/10