City Centre & Harbourside

Bristol, City of · South West · population 8,653 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,672 of 6,856 in England
  • #468 of 710 in South West
  • #27 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,023
Median age (est.)24
Density5,617per km²
No qualifications5%
Degree or above42%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 5%15–24 49%25–44 31%45–64 10%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 51%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 14%Private rent 51%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 4%Other: 22%
One person 43%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 4%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 38% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional38%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 70%Asian: 14%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 70%Asian 14%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 22% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 35%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

City Centre & Harbourside sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,672 of 6,856 in England, and #27 of 57 in Bristol, City of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (92) but weak on Crime (1). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,104 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 595 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 87 · #917
Employment 92 · #519
Education 51 · #3,343
Health 30 · #4,797
Crime 1 · #6,771
Housing & access 63 · #2,541
Living environment 24 · #5,228

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00099-0.5%-1.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£350,00093-2.8%-4.1%
This area£365,000
Bristol, City of£350,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£49,104±£7,502 · #1,220 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,100
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

595 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 5,151 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #6,412 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,921
Theft1,310
Burglary217
Vehicle crime202
Criminal damage & arson314
Public order & weapons848
Drugs130
Robbery165
Other44

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,488 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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