Tewkesbury: local statistics
Tewkesbury is a district council area in the South West, home to an estimated 103,753 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Tewkesbury, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2025 the population of Tewkesbury was estimated at 103,753, a change of +2.0% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 21.3%, against +8.0% for the South West as a whole. That is the fastest growth in the South West. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in Tewkesbury is £2,340.53 for 2026-27, 5.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 2nd lowest of all 27 council areas in the South West. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,502.19, so it has risen 56%.
Police recorded 4,672 crimes in Tewkesbury in the year to March 2026, 45.0 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd lowest rate in the South West. The rate was 50.3 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 34.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Tewkesbury was £785.10 in April 2025 (£39,236 a year). It is the 6th highest of all 26 council areas in the South West, and 7.0% more than across the South West. Jobs based in Tewkesbury paid a median £811.40 a week, £26.30 more than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £566.00: a change of +39% before inflation.
A typical home in Tewkesbury cost £325,898 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 2.4% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 9th highest of all 26 council areas in the South West (regional average £302,298). Prices are 42% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 8.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Tewkesbury. That ratio is mid-table in the South West, 12th of 26.
The ONS counted 5,060 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Tewkesbury in March 2026, 12% more than in 2016. There are 49 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South West, 13th of 27.
Life expectancy at birth in Tewkesbury is 84.7 years for women and 81.4 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.8 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.1 more. It is 9th of 26 in the South West, counting from the highest for women.
An estimated 76.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Tewkesbury were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 7.2 points either way, against 79.0% across the South West. Its lowest reading in the series was 73.8% and its highest 85.6%.
In August 2026, 1,425 people in Tewkesbury were on the claimant count, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 2.7% in the South West. Twelve months before, it was 2.2%. The five-year high was 2.9% (August 2021); the low was 1.8% (January 2023).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 85,548 |
| 2016 | 87,065 |
| 2017 | 88,801 |
| 2018 | 90,614 |
| 2019 | 92,703 |
| 2020 | 93,747 |
| 2021 | 95,400 |
| 2022 | 96,949 |
| 2023 | 99,404 |
| 2024 | 101,708 |
| 2025 | 103,753 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £229,289 |
| July 2017 | £238,080 |
| July 2018 | £255,856 |
| July 2019 | £250,699 |
| July 2020 | £257,590 |
| July 2021 | £274,210 |
| July 2022 | £300,840 |
| July 2023 | £312,815 |
| July 2024 | £305,121 |
| July 2025 | £318,194 |
| July 2026 | £325,898 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £566.00 a week |
| 2016 | £579.30 a week |
| 2017 | £574.90 a week |
| 2018 | £547.20 a week |
| 2019 | £574.90 a week |
| 2020 | £607.20 a week |
| 2021 | £637.80 a week |
| 2022 | £681.60 a week |
| 2023 | £654.00 a week |
| 2024 | £721.10 a week |
| 2025 | £785.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,502.19 |
| 2017-18 | £1,558.71 |
| 2018-19 | £1,630.31 |
| 2019-20 | £1,723.48 |
| 2020-21 | £1,787.63 |
| 2021-22 | £1,871.99 |
| 2022-23 | £1,933.75 |
| 2023-24 | £2,028.92 |
| 2024-25 | £2,126.12 |
| 2025-26 | £2,226.55 |
| 2026-27 | £2,340.53 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 34.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 34.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 37.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 36.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 39.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 36.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 50.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 60.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 56.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 50.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 45.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 83.9% |
| 2016/17 | 74.3% |
| 2017/18 | 84.7% |
| 2018/19 | 81.8% |
| 2019/20 | 82.9% |
| 2020/21 | 77.0% |
| 2021/22 | 73.8% |
| 2022/23 | 85.6% |
| 2023/24 | 76.0% |
| 2024/25 | 85.4% |
| 2025/26 | 76.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,535 |
| 2017 | 4,675 |
| 2018 | 4,725 |
| 2019 | 4,850 |
| 2020 | 4,965 |
| 2021 | 4,945 |
| 2022 | 4,940 |
| 2023 | 4,865 |
| 2024 | 4,955 |
| 2025 | 4,985 |
| 2026 | 5,060 |
Questions about Tewkesbury
What is the population of Tewkesbury?
103,753 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Tewkesbury?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,340.53 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in Tewkesbury?
Home Office figures show 4,672 offences in the year to March 2026, or 45.0 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Tewkesbury?
£785.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the average house price in Tewkesbury?
£325,898 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.4% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Tewkesbury?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.4 years for men and 84.7 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Tewkesbury?
The ONS claimant count was 1,425 in August 2026, 2.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Tewkesbury
Every body that makes decisions for Tewkesbury, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Tewkesbury council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Tewkesbury in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Forest of Dean: Matt Bishop (Labour) MP
- North Cotswolds: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) MP
- Tewkesbury: Cameron Thomas (Independent) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South West
- UK figures: UK population · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the South West: Cheltenham · Cotswold · Forest of Dean · Mid Devon · North Devon · South Hams
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