# Stroud

Town in Stroud, South West.

Stroud is a town in Stroud, South West. Median sale price £300,000 in 2025. About 26,691 people.

Town. Code E63004484. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud)

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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £300,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Stroud was £300,000 in 2025. Joint 411th 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/stroud#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,073** (2021). Stroud had 26,073 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 431st 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/stroud#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Stroud 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/stroud#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.1%** (January 2026). In Stroud, 81.1% 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/stroud#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004484) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Stroud 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=E63004484) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 409 homes were sold in Stroud in 2025.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004484) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Stroud had 26,073 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=E63004484) (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 Stroud.

## How Stroud compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Stroud | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £300,000 | joint 48th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 26,073 | 28th 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 | 81.1% | 29th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Stroud

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stroud 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022355) | 1,681 | – | 8 | 98.1% |
| [Stroud 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022356) | 2,515 | – | 7 | 90.7% |
| [Stroud 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022357) | 1,895 | – | 7 | 96.0% |
| [Stroud 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022358) | 1,569 | – | 5 | 94.8% |
| [Stroud 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022377) | 2,129 | – | 6 | 87.7% |
| [Stroud 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022399) | 2,151 | – | 3 | 94.0% |
| [Stroud 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022410) | 2,178 | – | 6 | 86.3% |
| [Stroud 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022411) | 2,072 | – | 7 | 85.8% |
| [Stroud 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022414) | 2,468 | – | 5 | 80.8% |
| [Stroud 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01034803) | 1,208 | – | 6 | 73.7% |
| [Stroud 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01034804) | 1,270 | – | 4 | 40.5% |
| [Stroud 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022393) | 1,400 | – | 9 | 66.7% |
| [Stroud 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022394) | 1,516 | – | 7 | 78.6% |
| [Stroud 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/neighbourhood/e01022395) | 1,495 | – | 9 | 76.7% |

## 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 Stroud

[GL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl5)

## Middle areas in Stroud

[Ebley & Randwick](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/ebley-and-randwick), [Rodborough & Thrupp](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/rodborough-and-thrupp), [Stroud Town](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud/stroud-town)

## Towns near Stroud

[Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Quedgeley and Hardwicke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/quedgeley-and-hardwicke), [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester), [Cam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam), [Dursley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dursley), [Brockworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brockworth)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004484
- 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: 7.53 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,691*
- Neighbourhoods: 14
- Output areas: 82

* 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

[Stonehouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stonehouse), [Quedgeley and Hardwicke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/quedgeley-and-hardwicke), [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester), [Cam](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cam), [Dursley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dursley), [Brockworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brockworth)

## Latest updates for Stroud

- 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/E63004484

## How to cite

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

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