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This town in Gloucestershire, South West has a population of 13,480.
Work and incomes are strong: households earn a mean £60,985 a year, and 2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Add cost of living to its strengths (B+): a typical home costs £318,500 and rent runs £1,093 a month. Overall, that makes an A−, good for #6 of 48 in Gloucestershire. It comes out better than 84% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, C+ for schools and B for hazard risk.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Gloucestershire Police published 29 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Churchdown is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Churchdown’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Churchdown.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 4% of the total, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%). Per 10,000 residents, Churchdown counts 6 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
St Mary's Catholic Primary School’s results beat nine in ten schools in England like it. Below are three of its 9 schools, each with why it was picked. Some 4,141 pupils attend Churchdown’s seven primaries and two secondaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown Village Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 238 | C− |
| Churchdown SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,430 | A− |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 220 | A |
Social housing holds just over one in ten households, below Gloucestershire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. 70% of households own their home. The £318,500 median rests on 861 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £430,000 | 318 |
| Semi-detached | £300,000 | 339 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 138 |
| Flat or maisonette | £143,000 | 66 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Life expectancy here is 85.9 for women and 81.6 for men (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; 78% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 84% of people in Churchdown called their health good or very good, near Gloucestershire’s towns (83%) and higher than England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Churchdown | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The median resident of Churchdown is 43.4 years old. Those 65 and older account for 21% of residents. 18% are under 15, in line with Gloucestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Churchdown | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took just over four in five commuters, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (70%). About nearly a fifth of its commuters stay in Churchdown for work. There are 1 jobs in Churchdown for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police figures for Churchdown’s built-up area: 278 crimes and 53 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Churchdown records less crime per resident than 78% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Violence and sexual offences made up 56% of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Churchdown. Best known first.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral2.9 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleGloucester Castle3.4 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester2.8 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester3.2 km outside town, to the southwest
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBlackfriars3.3 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumJet Age Museum600 m outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Gloucestershire, England
Churchdown is a built-up area of 13,480 people, in the Tewkesbury council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown | 13,480 | — | A− | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Longford | 2,536 | 1.9 | A− | A | B | B |
| Gloucester | 118,562 | 2.9 | C− | C+ | D | C− |
| Brockworth | 12,007 | 3.2 | B | A− | C− | C |
| Shurdington | 1,888 | 3.3 | — | B | B+ | B− |
| Upton St Leonards | 1,132 | 3.7 | — | C | A− | B+ |
| Cheltenham | 115,941 | 4.3 | B− | C | C− | B− |
| Highnam | 1,920 | 4.7 | — | B− | A− | B+ |
Shurdington, Upton St Leonards and Highnam have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades B−.
Band D council tax in Churchdown is £2,331 for 2026–27, less than in 70% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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