# Cirencester

Town in Cotswold, South West.

Cirencester is a town in Cotswold, South West. Median sale price £325,000 in 2025. About 18,021 people.

Town. Code E63004576. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cirencester was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 341st 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/cirencester#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 17,715** (2021). Cirencester had 17,715 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 599th most 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/cirencester#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Cirencester 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/cirencester#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.8%** (January 2026). In Cirencester, 80.8% 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/town/cirencester#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004576) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Cirencester 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=E63004576) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 282 homes were sold in Cirencester in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004576) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cirencester had 17,715 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63004576) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Cotswold, where most of this town lies. The outline is Cirencester.

## How Cirencester compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Cirencester | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £325,000 | joint 31st most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 17,715 | 47th most populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 80.8% | joint 27th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Cirencester

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cotswold 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022188) | 2,092 | – | 5 | 74.3% |
| [Cotswold 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022189) | 1,231 | – | 10 | 45.7% |
| [Cotswold 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022190) | 1,483 | – | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Cotswold 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022196) | 1,758 | – | 10 | 85.3% |
| [Cotswold 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022194) | 1,739 | – | 6 | 74.8% |
| [Cotswold 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022195) | 1,593 | – | 9 | 70.6% |
| [Cotswold 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022199) | 1,616 | – | 8 | 91.8% |
| [Cotswold 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022200) | 1,180 | – | 3 | 90.9% |
| [Cotswold 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022191) | 1,318 | – | 9 | 94.1% |
| [Cotswold 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022192) | 1,282 | – | 4 | 92.7% |
| [Cotswold 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022193) | 1,053 | – | 10 | 48.5% |
| [Cotswold 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022198) | 1,250 | – | 7 | 97.6% |
| [Cotswold 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022225) | 2,604 | – | 8 | 85.8% |

## Your MP

- [South Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cotswolds): Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), 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

[Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold)

## Postcode districts covering Cirencester

[GL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl7)

## Middle areas in Cirencester

[Cirencester Central](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/cirencester-central), [Cirencester East & Stratton](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/cirencester-east-and-stratton), [Cirencester South](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/cirencester-south)

## Towns near Cirencester

[Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Royal Wootton Bassett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett), [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham), [Stratton St Margaret](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stratton-st-margaret), [Highworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/highworth)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004576
- Constituency: [South Cotswolds †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cotswolds)
- Council: [Cotswold †](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold)
- Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.65 km²
- People, mid-2024: 18,021*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 64

* 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

[Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swindon), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Royal Wootton Bassett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-wootton-bassett), [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham), [Stratton St Margaret](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stratton-st-margaret), [Highworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/highworth)

## Latest updates for Cirencester

- 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/E63004576

## How to cite

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

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