# GL9

Postcode district covering Hawkesbury Upton, Badminton and Tormarton, in South Gloucestershire.

GL9 is a postcode district covering Hawkesbury Upton, Badminton and Tormarton, in South Gloucestershire. Median sale price £470,000 in 2025. About 2,596 people.

Postcode district. Code GL9. 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 GL9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £470,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in GL9 was £470,000 in 2025. Joint 353rd 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/gl9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 2,601** (2021). GL9 had 2,601 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 317th 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/gl9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 80%** (2022). About 80% of people in GL9 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/gl9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 59.8%** (January 2026). In GL9, 59.8% 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/gl9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=GL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 80% of people in GL9 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=GL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 16 homes were sold in GL9 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=GL9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): GL9 had 2,601 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=GL9) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of South Gloucestershire, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is GL9.

## How GL9 compares

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

| Measure | GL9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £470,000 | 4th most expensive | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2025 |
| Population | 2,601 | least populated | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 80% | joint 11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 59.8% | lowest | 27 postcode districts, GL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of GL9?

GL9 had 2,601 usual residents at the census.
GL9 is the 317th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in GL9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL9 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in GL9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Gloucestershire 024E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014890) | 2,192 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 21.7% |
| [South Gloucestershire 024F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014891) | 1,690 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.4% |

## Your MP

- [Thornbury and Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate): Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 87% of the people here.
- [South Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cotswolds): Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 13% 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.

## Postcode sectors in GL9

[GL9 1 (112 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9-1)

## Council

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

## Postcode districts next to GL9

[BS37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37), [GL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl8), [GL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12), [SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14), [SN16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn16)

## 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)

## GL9 in brief

GL9 is a postcode district covering Hawkesbury Upton, Badminton and Tormarton, in South Gloucestershire.
About 2,596 people lived in GL9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £470,000 in 2025 across 16 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL9 was £470,000 in 2025.
GL9 had 2,601 usual residents at the census.
About 80% of people in GL9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL9, 59.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: GL9
- Postcode area: [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)
- Constituency: [Thornbury and Yate †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate)
- Council: [South Gloucestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire)
- Area: 63.94 km²
- People, mid-2024: 2,596*
- Neighbourhoods: 2
- Output areas: 8

* 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

[SN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn14), [BS37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs37), [GL12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl12), [GL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl8), [SN16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sn16)

## Latest updates for GL9

- 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/GL9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl9#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/gl9