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Cirencester

Town

Town in Cotswold, South West.

Cirencester is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cirencester 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Cirencester live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£325,000
Joint 341st most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,715
599th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Cirencester compares

Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.

CirencesterMiddle
Median sale price116 towns, South West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South West116 areas from £195,000 to £448,750. The middle area is £286,875. Cirencester is £325,000.
£325,000joint 31st most expensive
Population116 towns, South West · 2021
Population: every town in South West116 areas from 7,704 to 425,196. The middle area is 14,963. Cirencester is 17,715.
17,71547th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares116 towns, South West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South West116 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Cirencester is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage116 towns, South West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South West116 areas from 28.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.3%. Cirencester is 80.8%.
80.8%joint 27th lowest

What is the population of Cirencester?

Cirencester had 17,715 usual residents at the census.

Cirencester is the 599th most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Cirencester, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cirencester has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Cirencester

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Cotswold 006A2,092No figure574.3%
Cotswold 006B1,231No figure1045.7%
Cotswold 006C1,483No figure797.4%
Cotswold 006D1,758No figure1085.3%
Cotswold 007A1,739No figure674.8%
Cotswold 007B1,593No figure970.6%
Cotswold 007C1,616No figure891.8%
Cotswold 007D1,180No figure390.9%
Cotswold 008A1,318No figure994.1%
Cotswold 008B1,282No figure492.7%
Cotswold 008C1,053No figure1048.5%
Cotswold 008D1,250No figure797.6%
Cotswold 008E2,604No figure885.8%

Your MP

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

Council1

Postcode districts covering Cirencester1

Middle areas in Cirencester3

Towns near Cirencester6

Cirencester in brief

Cirencester is a town in Cotswold, South West.

About 18,021 people lived in Cirencester in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 282 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Cirencester was £325,000 in 2025.

Cirencester had 17,715 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Cirencester live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Cirencester, 80.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.