Sea Mills

Bristol, City of · South West · population 6,122 · 4 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,228 of 6,856 in England
  • #535 of 710 in South West
  • #32 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,223
Median age (est.)41
Density2,272per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above38%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 27%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Muslim 3%

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

Sea Mills is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,228 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 57 in Bristol, City of. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (71) and lowest on Education (24). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 58 sales), 11% above the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,865 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 82 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 38 · #4,214
Employment 34 · #4,495
Education 24 · #5,222
Health 37 · #4,324
Crime 27 · #5,016
Housing & access 52 · #3,268
Living environment 71 · #1,959

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,000580.0%+16.1%
Detached£875,0007+52.2%
Semi-detached£398,00032-7.9%+20.6%
Terraced£345,00015+3.8%+19.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£390,000
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)£42,865±£6,087 · #2,616 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,706
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

82 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 502 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #4,168 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences259
Theft35
Burglary21
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons59
Drugs12
Robbery13
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 108 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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