GL50
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cheltenham, St Paul's and Montpellier, in Cheltenham.
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 GL50 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in GL50 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GL50 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of GL50?
GL50 had 22,033 usual residents at the census.
GL50 is the 1,339th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in GL50, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL50 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GL50
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham 001A | 1,455 | No figure | 8 | 99.9% |
| Cheltenham 001D | 1,231 | No figure | 9 | 95.3% |
| Cheltenham 004A | 1,881 | No figure | 9 | 92.1% |
| Cheltenham 004C | 1,253 | No figure | 1 | 98.6% |
| Cheltenham 004D | 1,469 | No figure | 3 | 96.5% |
| Cheltenham 004E | 1,827 | No figure | 5 | 99.9% |
| Cheltenham 007G | 1,317 | No figure | 6 | 99.3% |
| Cheltenham 007H | 1,057 | No figure | 8 | 100.0% |
| Cheltenham 009B | 1,633 | No figure | 5 | 92.1% |
| Cheltenham 009D | 1,206 | No figure | 4 | 68.1% |
| Cheltenham 009E | 1,172 | No figure | 10 | 64.8% |
| Cheltenham 009F | 1,365 | No figure | 6 | 80.3% |
| Cheltenham 009G | 1,807 | No figure | 7 | 97.2% |
| Cheltenham 011B | 1,346 | No figure | 9 | 84.7% |
| Cheltenham 011C | 1,520 | No figure | 9 | 95.3% |
| Cheltenham 011D | 1,673 | No figure | 10 | 98.3% |
MPs for GL50
- Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratMP for Cheltenham94% of GL50’s postcodes
- Cameron ThomasIndependentMP for Tewkesbury6.1% of GL50’s postcodes
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 GL504
Postcode sectors in GL505
Council1
Towns in GL501
Postcode districts next to GL503
Nearest rail stations1
More in the GL postcode area2
GL50 in brief
GL50 is a postcode district covering Cheltenham, St Paul's and Montpellier, in Cheltenham.
About 22,962 people lived in GL50 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 468 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL50 was £310,000 in 2025.
GL50 had 22,033 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in GL50 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL50, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.