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Stroud

Stroud is a town in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 60,155. It has 1 school, 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, and around 20 restaurants and cafés, along with 83 bus stops and Stroud railway station 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £422,383. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stroud area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stroud area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 121,103 residents at roughly 263 people per km².

Council
Stroud
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 33rd of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability39
Affordable rents54
Good schools63
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation88
Employment86
Low council tax34

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:30

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 214 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

218 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 193 rated 4–5 ★ (172 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stroud (1.5 km)
  • 63 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stroud (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£355,953 average 6.4% YoY

Across Stroud · to 2026-06

Detached£562,652
Semi-detached£342,077
Terraced£287,468
Flat£166,368

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,040 average monthly rent 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £743
  • 2 bed £960
  • 3 bed £1,176

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Asda (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Stroud, Gloc Police (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

121,103 residents in Stroud · 263/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 279 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 56,910)

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,215
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,599
G £4,152
H £4,983

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

85 schools · 19,099 pupils

58 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Stroud High SchoolOutstanding
  • Archway SchoolGood
  • Rednock SchoolGood
  • SGS Berkeley Green UTCGood
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
  • Maidenhill School
  • Marling School
  • Thomas Keble School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stroud

Care & health services

684 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes200
  • GP practices94
  • Dentists142
  • Homecare agencies181
  • Hospitals & hospices31

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 227 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

175 applications decided

89.1% granted · 156 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Green (minority)

  • Lab 17
  • Con 6
  • LD 1
  • Grn 24
  • Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

525 jobs advertised · £36,246 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£772 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,288 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,376 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stroud:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Church of All Saints, Stroud · 0.7 km

    The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in the Uplands area of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The church is a Grade I listed building. It was designed by Temple Moore in the Gothic Revival style and wa…

  • Stroud General Hospital · 1.0 km

    Stroud General Hospital is a health facility in Trinity Road in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. It is managed by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Hawkwood College · 1.0 km

    Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking is a registered charity and independent centre for education in a 19th-century Grade II listed building, on 42 acres (17 ha) of grounds, including gardens, pastures, woodland and a…

  • Stroud District · 1.1 km

    Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England, it is due to be abolished on 31 March 2028 and replaced by a new Countywide Unitary Council. All future elections, including byelections, are…

  • Blackboy Clock · 1.1 km

    The Blackboy Clock is a clock in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. It is a jacquemart, incorporating a figurine of a black boy with a club that strikes the hours.

  • Old Town Hall, Stroud · 1.2 km

    The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stroud Urban District Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stroud?
Stroud is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Stroud local authority.
What is the population of Stroud?
Stroud has an approximate settlement population of 60,155.
How deprived is Stroud?
The Stroud local authority, which includes Stroud, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.