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Some 3,412 people live in this town, in Gloucestershire, South West.
Minchinhampton’s strongest subject is health (A): life expectancy 83 for men, 84.3 for women. Add safety to its strengths: 15.6 violent and sexual offences and 7.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Homes are dear: the median home sold for £532,500, 9.3 years of area income. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #13 of 48 in Gloucestershire. Nationally, it does better than 78% of UK towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, B for jobs & income, C+ for walkability and B for hazard risk.
Figures: life expectancy and income, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · 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 Minchinhampton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Minchinhampton does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 110 buildings inside Minchinhampton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →110 listed buildings in Minchinhampton, 1 of them Grade I.
Market House: Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ram Inn: Photo: Wayland Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · War Memorial: Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Shard: Photo: Harvey · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Minchinhampton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them. Minchinhampton’s listed buildings include the Church of the Holy Trinity, Grade I. Historic England’s list names 110 listed buildings locally: 1 Grade I, 5 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 30% of the total, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 47.3, and just over two in five pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. The town has one school, shown below. 66% of pupils at the 12 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minchinhampton Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 260 | A |
One GP practice serves the town; nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, nearly a fifth of people here had a disability, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (17%). Women here live to 84.3 on average and men to 83 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Minchinhampton is Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, 11.3 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Minchinhampton | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences made up 51% of the total. Police recorded 59 crimes inside Minchinhampton’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 31 reports of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 14.4 reports per 1,000, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (9.1) and England’s towns (7.8).
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.
73% of households own their home, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (68%) and England’s towns (61%). Only one of the 48 towns in Gloucestershire costs more to buy into than Minchinhampton, whose median sale is £532,500. Private rents average £1,041 a month across the Stroud council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £680,000 | 69 |
| Semi-detached | £403,500 | 24 |
| Terraced | £390,000 | 27 |
| Flat or maisonette | £247,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 39% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
2% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, lower than both Gloucestershire’s towns (2.2%) and England’s towns (2.3%). The car carried 85% of commuters at the census. Households take home £64K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15. 7.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Gloucestershire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Minchinhampton has a median age of 53.7. Degrees are held by 44% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Minchinhampton | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 34% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Minchinhampton. Best known first.
Historic houseGatcombe Park1 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseChavenage House4.7 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseWoodchester Mansion5 km outside town, to the west
Museum · English HeritageDunkirk Mill Museum1.8 km outside town, to the westPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustWoodchester Park4.1 km outside town, to the westPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustTinkley Gate4.4 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Minchinhampton.
Joanna Trollope: Dreamspy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lewis Pelly: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Town in Gloucestershire, England
Minchinhampton is a built-up area of 3,412 people, in the Stroud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minchinhampton | 3,412 | — | A− | C | B+ | A |
| Brimscombe and Thrupp | 2,187 | 1.1 | — | B− | B− | A |
| Amberley | 1,300 | 1.5 | — | C | A+ | A |
| Nailsworth | 5,657 | 1.7 | B+ | B− | C | B |
| Avening | 1,054 | 1.9 | — | C− | A | A |
| Chalford | 6,665 | 2.1 | A | B− | A | A |
| Stroud | 26,073 | 3.2 | B | B | D | B− |
| Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley | 3,584 | 4.2 | A | B− | A | A− |
Brimscombe and Thrupp, Amberley and Avening have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 13.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of the Holy Trinity. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £532,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £247,500, terraced houses £390,000, semi-detached houses £403,500 and detached houses £680,000.
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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