List of settlements in Gloucestershire by population

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.

Gloucester

Cheltenham

Kingswood

Downend/Staple Hill

Stroud

Cirencester

Dursley

Lydney

Cinderford

Filton

Yate

Tewkesbury

Frampton

Innsworth

Bishop's Cleeve

Thornbury

Nailsworth

Stonehouse

Chalford

Wotton-under-Edge

Tetbury

Coleford

Winchcombe

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

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

• England portal

• Gloucestershire