Electoral wardE05010986
Stroud Central ward, Stroud
Stroud Central is one of 27 electoral wards of Stroud District Council, in Gloucestershire (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,127 residents in 1,105 households — 1,539 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stroud constituency; for county elections it is in the Stroud Central division.
Residents, 20212,127council ward average 4,482
Households1,1051.92 residents per household
Density1,539/ km²about 1.38 km² · Stroud 270
Aged 65+20.9%Stroud: 23.3% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 108
5–94.5% · 96
10–155.7% · 122
16–193.5% · 75
20–245.5% · 117
25–3415.2% · 324
35–4921.7% · 462
50–6417.9% · 380
65–7410.6% · 226
75–847.2% · 153
85+3.1% · 65
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.4% · 303
1 car or van45.3% · 501
2 cars or vans20.9% · 231
3 or more6.4% · 71
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stroud overall: 72.6% owned, 12.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.0% · 354
With mortgage23.3% · 257
Shared ownership2.1% · 23
Social rented6.5% · 72
Private rented36.0% · 398
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house14.5% · 160
Semi-detached house25.6% · 283
Terraced house15.4% · 170
Purpose-built flat27.1% · 300
Converted house5.1% · 56
Other conversion5.1% · 56
Above shop / office6.9% · 76
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010986- Council
- Stroud District Council
- County council
- Gloucestershire County Council
- County division
- Stroud Central
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Stroud
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmberley and Woodchester32.9% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned2,156BBerkeley Vale23.8% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned7,264CCainscross20.9% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned7,830CCam East28.4% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned4,443CCam West23.3% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned4,078CChalford22.8% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned6,284CCoaley and Uley26.9% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned2,436DDursley19.0% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned7,463NNailsworth25.1% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned6,496RRandwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe28.6% aged 65+ · 85.7% owned2,014RRodborough23.4% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned4,413SSevern22.7% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned6,621SStonehouse21.2% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned8,066SStroud Farmhill and Paganhill21.6% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned2,479
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.