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Gloucestershire County Council
Local authority area: Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county council, in the South West England region of England. It covers 2,653.0 km² and had 652,409 residents in 2022 — about 246 people per km².
Town hall in the administrative centreCheltenham Municipal Offices
Photo: Saffron Blaze · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Gloucestershire, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022652,409+8.3% since 2012
Land area2,653.0km²1,024.3 sq mi
Density246/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#20of 382 UK councils · #20 in England
Population estimates3 data points
602.2K633.6K652.4K
201220182022
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Elections
55 county electoral divisions
Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.
| Division | District | Wards | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Gloucester | 2 | 13,240 |
| All Saints & Oakley | Cheltenham | 2 | 11,230 |
| Barnwood & Hucclecote | Gloucester | 2 | 12,945 |
| Barton & Tredworth | Gloucester | 2 | 22,609 |
| Battledown & Charlton Kings | Cheltenham | 2 | 12,193 |
| Benhall & Up Hatherley | Cheltenham | 2 | 11,545 |
| Bishop's Cleeve | Tewkesbury | 3 | 14,266 |
| Bisley & Painswick | Stroud | 3 | 16,134 |
| Blakeney & Bream | Forest of Dean | 3 | 11,534 |
| Bourton-on-the-Water & Northleach | Cotswold | 6 | 16,238 |
| Brockworth | Tewkesbury | 4 | 18,446 |
| Cam Valley | Stroud | 3 | 15,785 |
| Campden-Vale | Cotswold | 6 | 19,849 |
| Charlton Park & College | Cheltenham | 2 | 10,748 |
| Churchdown | Tewkesbury | 2 | 14,123 |
| Cinderford | Forest of Dean | 3 | 11,203 |
| Cirencester North with Ermin | Cotswold | 6 | 15,237 |
| Cirencester Park | Cotswold | 5 | 12,076 |
| Coleford | Forest of Dean | 3 | 14,523 |
| Coney Hill & Matson | Gloucester | 2 | 13,365 |
| Drybrook & Lydbrook | Forest of Dean | 4 | 18,220 |
| Dursley | Stroud | 3 | 14,591 |
| Fairford & Lechlade on Thames | Cotswold | 4 | 13,757 |
| Grange & Kingsway | Gloucester | 3 | 21,640 |
| Hardwicke & Severn | Stroud | 3 | 21,298 |
| Haresfield & Upton St Leonards | Stroud | 3 | 17,054 |
| Hempsted & Westgate | Gloucester | 2 | 13,159 |
| Hesters Way & Springbank | Cheltenham | 2 | 14,035 |
| Highnam | Tewkesbury | 3 | 12,977 |
| Kingsholm & Wotton | Gloucester | 3 | 23,259 |
| Lansdown & Park | Cheltenham | 2 | 11,406 |
| Leckhampton & Warden Hill | Cheltenham | 2 | 11,356 |
| Longlevens | Gloucester | 2 | 16,001 |
| Lydney | Forest of Dean | 3 | 10,709 |
| Minchinhampton | Stroud | 3 | 13,123 |
| Mitcheldean | Forest of Dean | 5 | 25,327 |
| Moreton, Stow & the Rissingtons | Cotswold | 5 | 13,462 |
| Nailsworth | Stroud | 3 | 13,344 |
| Newent | Forest of Dean | 3 | 13,953 |
| Pittville & St Paul's | Cheltenham | 2 | 14,404 |
| Prestbury & Swindon Village | Cheltenham | 2 | 9,581 |
| Quedgeley | Gloucester | 2 | 13,687 |
| Rodborough | Stroud | 3 | 14,257 |
| Sedbury | Forest of Dean | 3 | 11,982 |
| Severn Vale | Tewkesbury | 6 | 21,981 |
| South Cerney | Cotswold | 5 | 13,285 |
| St Mark's & St Peter's | Cheltenham | 2 | 12,329 |
| Stonehouse | Stroud | 2 | 14,687 |
| Stroud Central | Stroud | 6 | 13,475 |
| Tetbury | Cotswold | 5 | 12,581 |
| Tewkesbury East | Tewkesbury | 3 | 14,126 |
| Tewkesbury West | Tewkesbury | 3 | 15,495 |
| Tuffley & Moreland | Gloucester | 2 | 16,778 |
| Winchcombe & Woodmancote | Tewkesbury | 3 | 17,649 |
| Wotton-under-Edge | Stroud | 3 | 16,439 |
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Source: Wikidata Q21694733 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.