Borrowing Data

Borrowing statistics in Cotswold 2026

Last updated November 2026 · Data to mid-2025 · Cotswold

Borrowing figures for Cotswold, from Borrowing Data and the Office for National Statistics.

62,100

Credit or loan holders

In 2024, 62,100 adults in Cotswold held at least one credit or loan product.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; held now or in the previous 12 months. Includes regulated and unregulated credit.

66%

Credit card holders

In 2024, 66 per cent of adults in Cotswold held a credit card (now or in the previous 12 months).

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; held now or in the previous 12 months.

20%

Overdraft users

In 2024, 20 per cent of adults in Cotswold were overdrawn on a current account (now or in the previous 12 months).

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; overdrawn on a current account now or in the previous 12 months.

27%

Residential mortgage holders

In 2024, 27 per cent of adults in Cotswold had a residential mortgage on the property they lived in.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; residential mortgage on the property they live in.

11,600

Buy now, pay later users

In 2024, 11,600 adults in Cotswold used deferred payment credit (unregulated buy now, pay later) in the previous 12 months.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; unregulated buy now, pay later, called deferred payment credit in the survey, used in the previous 12 months.

3,850

High-cost credit users

In 2024, 3,850 adults in Cotswold held high-cost credit.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; held now or in the previous 12 months. Covers home-collected, logbook, pawnbroking, payday, rent-to-own, short-term instalment and guarantor loans.

18%

Low financial resilience

In 2024, 18 per cent of adults in Cotswold had low financial resilience.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; in financial difficulty, heavily burdened by bills or credit commitments, or with low savings.

3,450

In financial difficulty

In 2024, 3,450 adults in Cotswold were in financial difficulty, having missed domestic bills or credit commitments in three or more of the previous six months.

Source: Local borrowing figures, Borrowing Data, 2024

Adults aged 18 and over; missed domestic bills or credit commitments in three or more of the previous six months.

77,419

Residents aged 16 and over

The estimated population aged 16 and over in Cotswold was 77,419 at mid-2025.

Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025

ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.

Key points

In 2024, 62,100 adults in Cotswold held at least one credit or loan product. In 2024, 66 per cent of adults in Cotswold held a credit card (now or in the previous 12 months). In 2024, 20 per cent of adults in Cotswold were overdrawn on a current account (now or in the previous 12 months).

Frequently asked questions

How many adults in Cotswold held at least one credit or loan product in 2024?

In 2024, 62,100 adults in Cotswold held at least one credit or loan product.

What share of adults in Cotswold held a credit card in 2024?

In 2024, 66 per cent of adults in Cotswold held a credit card (now or in the previous 12 months).

What share of adults in Cotswold were overdrawn on a current account in 2024?

In 2024, 20 per cent of adults in Cotswold were overdrawn on a current account (now or in the previous 12 months).