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Electoral wardE05010981

Painswick and Upton ward, Stroud

Painswick and Upton is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,627 residents in 3,237 households — 135 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Cotswolds constituency; for county elections it is in the Bisley & Painswick and Haresfield & Upton St Leonards divisions.

Residents, 20217,627council ward average 4,482
Households3,2372.36 residents per household
Density135/ km²about 56.37 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+26.7%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 359
5–96.1% · 463
10–157.1% · 538
16–193.6% · 273
20–243.1% · 235
25–349.4% · 716
35–4918.3% · 1,398
50–6421.1% · 1,606
65–7413.4% · 1,019
75–849.5% · 722
85+3.9% · 298

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.0% · 259
1 car or van36.2% · 1,171
2 cars or vans39.1% · 1,266
3 or more16.7% · 541
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.5% · 1,472
With mortgage32.1% · 1,038
Shared ownership1.0% · 33
Social rented7.8% · 251
Private rented13.6% · 441
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house55.9% · 1,809
Semi-detached house22.1% · 715
Terraced house14.3% · 464
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 170
Converted house0.7% · 22
Other conversion1.0% · 33
Above shop / office0.6% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010981
County division
Bisley & Painswick, Haresfield & Upton St Leonards
Constituency
North Cotswolds
Region
South West
Density rank in council
22 of 27

Parishes in the ward

CranhamMiserdenPainswickPitchcombeUpton St. Leonards

Council offices in this ward

Other wards in the same constituency

All 27 wards of Stroud

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.