# Cam

Town in Stroud, South West.

Cam is a town in Stroud, South West. Median sale price £310,000 in 2025. About 8,546 people.

Town. Code E63004604. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)

Cam is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cam add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cam was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 391st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,730** (2021). Cam had 7,730 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 33rd least populated of 1,209. 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/town/cam#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 79%** (2022). About 79% of people in Cam 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/town/cam#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.1%** (January 2026). In Cam, 91.1% 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/town/cam#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004604) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 79% of people in Cam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63004604) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 182 homes were sold in Cam in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004604) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cam had 7,730 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63004604) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Stroud, where most of this town lies. The outline is Cam.

## How Cam compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Cam | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £310,000 | joint 44th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 7,730 | 2nd least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 79% | 48th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.1% | 50th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Cam?

Cam had 7,730 usual residents at the census.
Cam is the joint 33rd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Cam, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cam has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 Cam

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stroud 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022359) | 1,534 | – | 9 | 98.0% |
| [Stroud 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022360) | 1,480 | – | 10 | 81.3% |
| [Stroud 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022361) | 1,199 | – | 5 | 84.1% |
| [Stroud 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022362) | 1,129 | – | 8 | 85.1% |
| [Stroud 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022363) | 2,043 | – | 8 | 94.6% |
| [Stroud 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022364) | 1,136 | – | 3 | 92.7% |

## Your MP

- [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stroud): Dr Simon Opher (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

[Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)

## Postcode districts covering Cam

[GL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl11)

## Middle areas in Cam

[Cam](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/cam)

## Towns near Cam

[Dursley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dursley), [Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Lydney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lydney), [Quedgeley and Hardwicke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/quedgeley-and-hardwicke), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury)

## Cam in brief

Cam is a town in Stroud, South West.
About 8,546 people lived in Cam in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 182 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Cam was £310,000 in 2025.
Cam had 7,730 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in Cam live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cam, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004604
- Constituency: [Stroud †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stroud)
- Council: [Stroud †](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)
- Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.40 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,546*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 27

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Dursley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dursley), [Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Lydney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lydney), [Quedgeley and Hardwicke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/quedgeley-and-hardwicke), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury)

## Latest updates for Cam

- 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/E63004604

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam