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GL5

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Stroud, in Stroud.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GL5 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in GL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£320,000
Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
31,105
865th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How GL5 compares

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

GL5Middle
Median sale price27 postcode districts, GL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in GL27 areas from £190,321 to £530,000. The middle area is £320,000. GL5 is £320,000.
£320,000joint 13th most expensive
Population27 postcode districts, GL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in GL27 areas from 2,601 to 61,302. The middle area is 20,836. GL5 is 31,105.
31,1058th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 postcode districts, GL · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in GL27 areas from 14.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 87.0%. GL5 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 postcode districts, GL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in GL27 areas from 59.8% to 96.8%. The middle area is 80.9%. GL5 is 75.8%.
75.8%10th lowest

What is the population of GL5?

GL5 had 31,105 usual residents at the census.

GL5 is the 865th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

Deprivation in GL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL5 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in GL5

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%
Stroud 007D1,030No figure930.0%
Stroud 007E1,290No figure770.1%
Stroud 010A2,156No figure1047.3%

MPs for GL5

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in GL53

Postcode sectors in GL55

Council1

Towns in GL51

Postcode districts next to GL52

Nearest rail stations2

More in the GL postcode area2

GL5 in brief

GL5 is a postcode district covering Stroud, in Stroud.

About 31,671 people lived in GL5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 508 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in GL5 was £320,000 in 2025.

GL5 had 31,105 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in GL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In GL5, 75.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.