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Electoral wardE05013193

Nailsworth ward, Stroud

Nailsworth is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,496 residents in 2,879 households — 353 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stroud constituency; for county elections it is in the Nailsworth division.

Residents, 20216,496council ward average 4,482
Households2,8792.26 residents per household
Density353/ km²about 18.41 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+25.1%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 266
5–95.7% · 371
10–156.9% · 450
16–193.6% · 231
20–243.8% · 245
25–349.1% · 588
35–4918.5% · 1,201
50–6423.2% · 1,510
65–7414.0% · 912
75–847.7% · 501
85+3.4% · 220

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.1% · 376
1 car or van38.8% · 1,118
2 cars or vans33.7% · 969
3 or more14.4% · 416
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Stroud overall: 72.6% owned, 12.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.

Owned outright41.6% · 1,198
With mortgage28.8% · 830
Shared ownership0.7% · 21
Social rented13.6% · 391
Private rented15.1% · 435
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house36.6% · 1,053
Semi-detached house28.1% · 809
Terraced house17.1% · 492
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 366
Converted house1.5% · 43
Other conversion2.6% · 75
Above shop / office1.3% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.