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Stroud

Town

Town in Stroud, South West.

Stroud is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stroud 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 Stroud live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£300,000
Joint 411th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
26,073
431st 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
81.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Stroud compares

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

StroudMiddle
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. Stroud is £300,000.
£300,000joint 48th 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. Stroud is 26,073.
26,07328th 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%. Stroud 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%. Stroud is 81.1%.
81.1%29th lowest

What is the population of Stroud?

Stroud had 26,073 usual residents at the census.

Stroud is the 431st most populated of 1,209 in the UK.

Deprivation in Stroud, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Stroud has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Stroud

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stroud 004A1,681No figure898.1%
Stroud 004B2,515No figure790.7%
Stroud 004C1,895No figure796.0%
Stroud 004D1,569No figure594.8%
Stroud 004E2,129No figure687.7%
Stroud 006B2,151No figure394.0%
Stroud 006C2,178No figure686.3%
Stroud 006D2,072No figure785.8%
Stroud 006E2,468No figure580.8%
Stroud 006F1,208No figure673.7%
Stroud 006G1,270No figure440.5%
Stroud 007A1,400No figure966.7%
Stroud 007B1,516No figure778.6%
Stroud 007C1,495No figure976.7%

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 Stroud1

Middle areas in Stroud3

Towns near Stroud6

Stroud in brief

Stroud is a town in Stroud, South West.

About 26,691 people lived in Stroud in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 409 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in Stroud was £300,000 in 2025.

Stroud had 26,073 usual residents at the census.

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

In Stroud, 81.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.