List of settlements in Gloucestershire by population

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The 24 largest settlements of the county of Gloucestershire, with its city in bold, and district centres in yellow.

This is a list of settlements in Gloucestershire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 23 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Gloucestershire, shown in the table below.

Population ranking

# Settlement Borough/District Population[1][2][3]
2001 2011
1 Gloucester Gloucester 123,590 136,362
2 Cheltenham Cheltenham 110,260 116,447
3 Kingswood* South Gloucestershire 105,706 87,190
4 Filton South Gloucestershire 51,420 59,495
5 Stroud Stroud 31,412 32,670
6 Yate South Gloucestershire 30,463 30,022
7 Tewkesbury Tewkesbury 16,830 19,778
8 Cirencester Cotswold 15,860 16,325
9 Frampton Cotterell / Winterbourne South Gloucestershire 14,100 14,694
10 Dursley Stroud 13,790 14,542
11 Innsworth Tewkesbury 12,998 13,458
12 Bishop's Cleeve Tewkesbury 12,210 13,273
13 Downend** South Gloucestershire 10,409 12,125
14 Thornbury South Gloucestershire 11,969 11,687
15 Cinderford Forest of Dean 10,069 10,508
16 Lydney Forest of Dean 8,960 8,776
17 Nailsworth Stroud 7,190 7,728
18 Staple Hill** South Gloucestershire 6,823 7,338
19 Stonehouse Stroud 7,318 7,400
20 Chalford Stroud 6,628 6,876
21 Wotton-under-Edge Stroud 5,574 5,627
22 Tetbury Cotswold 5,250 5,472
23 Coleford Forest of Dean 5,109 5,103
24 Winchcombe Tewkesbury 4,379 4,538

Notes:

* This is the parliamentary constituency count. It groups nearly all the urban suburb areas east of Bristol. Borders changed in 2010 which reflected in the 2011 reduction. See talk page for further discussion

** Contiguous with Kingswood. Council ward counts

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gloucestershire (County, South West England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "South Gloucestershire (Unitary District, South West England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ "KS101EW (Usual resident population) - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2016.