# GL12

Postcode district covering Wotton-under-Edge and Charfield, in Stroud and South Gloucestershire.

GL12 is a postcode district covering Wotton-under-Edge and Charfield, in Stroud and South Gloucestershire. Median sale price £395,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code GL12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GL12 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £395,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in GL12 was £395,000 in 2025. Joint 615th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 16,016** (2021). GL12 had 16,016 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,057th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in GL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 73.5%** (January 2026). In GL12, 73.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=GL12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in GL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=GL12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 203 homes were sold in GL12 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=GL12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): GL12 had 16,016 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=GL12) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Stroud, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is GL12.

## How GL12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | GL12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £395,000 | 10th most expensive | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2025 |
| Population | 16,016 | 10th least populated | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 73.5% | 9th lowest | 27 postcode districts, GL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of GL12?

GL12 had 16,016 usual residents at the census.
GL12 is the 1,057th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in GL12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL12 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in GL12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Gloucestershire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014884) | 2,063 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 42.7% |
| [South Gloucestershire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014885) | 2,346 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.1% |
| [South Gloucestershire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014930) | 2,085 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.9% |
| [Stroud 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022381) | 2,221 | – | 9 | 92.2% |
| [Stroud 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022416) | 1,524 | – | 6 | 71.8% |
| [Stroud 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022417) | 1,792 | – | 10 | 78.0% |
| [Stroud 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022418) | 1,612 | – | 8 | 59.4% |

## Your MP

- [Thornbury and Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate): Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 48% of the people here.
- [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stroud): Dr Simon Opher (Labour), MP since July 2024. 37% of the people here.
- [South Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cotswolds): Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 15% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in GL12

[Charfield, Wickwar & Iron Acton](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/charfield-wickwar-and-iron-acton), [Wotton-under-Edge & Kingswood](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/wotton-under-edge-and-kingswood)

## Postcode sectors in GL12

[GL12 7 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12-7), [GL12 8 (271 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12-8)

## Councils GL12 covers

[Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud), [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire)

## Postcode districts next to GL12

[BS35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs35), [BS37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37), [GL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl8), [GL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9), [GL10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl10), [GL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl11), [GL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl13)

## More in the GL postcode area

[All GL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## GL12 in brief

GL12 is a postcode district covering Wotton-under-Edge and Charfield, in Stroud and South Gloucestershire.
About 16,755 people lived in GL12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £395,000 in 2025 across 203 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL12 was £395,000 in 2025.
GL12 had 16,016 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in GL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL12, 73.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: GL12
- Postcode area: [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)
- Constituency: [Thornbury and Yate †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate)
- Council: [Stroud †](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)
- Area: 101 km²
- People, mid-2024: 16,755*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 50

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BS37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37), [GL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9), [GL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl11), [BS35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs35), [GL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl8), [GL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl13)

## Latest updates for GL12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/GL12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12