# Dursley

Town in Stroud, South West.

Dursley is a town in Stroud, South West. Median sale price £277,500 in 2025. About 8,173 people.

Town. Code E63004650. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)

Dursley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dursley 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: £277,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dursley was £277,500 in 2025. Joint 490th 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/dursley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,935** (2021). Dursley had 7,935 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 53rd 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/dursley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Dursley 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/dursley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.3%** (January 2026). In Dursley, 83.3% 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/dursley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004650) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Dursley 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=E63004650) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 153 homes were sold in Dursley in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004650) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Dursley had 7,935 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63004650) (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 Dursley.

## How Dursley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Dursley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £277,500 | 49th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 7,935 | 4th least 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 | 83.3% | joint 31st lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of Dursley?

Dursley had 7,935 usual residents at the census.
Dursley is the 53rd least populated of 1,209 in the UK.

## Deprivation in Dursley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Dursley has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Dursley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stroud 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022372) | 2,442 | – | 9 | 83.2% |
| [Stroud 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022373) | 1,688 | – | 6 | 96.8% |
| [Stroud 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022374) | 2,065 | – | 5 | 73.1% |
| [Stroud 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022375) | 1,268 | – | 3 | 88.3% |

## 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 Dursley

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

## Middle areas in Dursley

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

## Towns near Dursley

[Cam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam), [Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Lydney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lydney), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury), [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate)

## Dursley in brief

Dursley is a town in Stroud, South West.
About 8,173 people lived in Dursley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,500 in 2025 across 153 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in Dursley was £277,500 in 2025.
Dursley had 7,935 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dursley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dursley, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004650
- 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: 2.03 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,173*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 24

* 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

[Cam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam), [Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stroud), [Lydney](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lydney), [Thornbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury), [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate)

## Latest updates for Dursley

- 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/E63004650

## How to cite

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

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