Knowle Park

Bristol, City of · South West · population 8,748 · 5 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,425 of 6,856 in England
  • #267 of 710 in South West
  • #18 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,639
Median age (est.)40
Density5,998per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above44%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 9%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 35% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Knowle Park is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,425 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 57 in Bristol, City of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £396,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 97 sales), 13% above the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,243 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 72 · #1,945
Employment 60 · #2,754
Education 65 · #2,377
Health 55 · #3,097
Crime 42 · #3,960
Housing & access 92 · #512
Living environment 21 · #5,407

House prices ?

£396,000median (12m) · -6.6% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£396,00097-6.6%+21.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£370,00032+2.8%+42.3%
Terraced£520,00044+3.5%+24.6%
Flat£211,50018+0.2%+11.9%
This area£396,000
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)£43,243±£6,114 · #2,513 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,546
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 485 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #2,508 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences208
Theft74
Burglary19
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons64
Drugs16
Robbery6
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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