Shirehampton & Avonmouth

Bristol, City of · South West · population 10,373 · 6 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,934 of 6,856 in England
  • #616 of 710 in South West
  • #41 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,253
Median age (est.)39
Density1,371per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above25%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Professional15%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Shirehampton & Avonmouth is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,934 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #41 of 57 in Bristol, City of. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (45) and lowest on Education (12). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 117 sales), 14% below the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,754 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,378
Employment 33 · #4,618
Education 12 · #6,044
Health 26 · #5,064
Crime 35 · #4,474
Housing & access 45 · #3,768
Living environment 33 · #4,577

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,000117+0.7%+21.8%
Detached£370,0005-8.6%-14.9%
Semi-detached£325,00047+2.4%+27.0%
Terraced£297,50050+2.6%+9.2%
Flat£193,50015+3.2%+10.3%
This area£300,000
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)£36,754±£5,161 · #4,447 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,751
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,196 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #5,345 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences516
Theft259
Burglary55
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson98
Public order & weapons126
Drugs26
Robbery22
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 173 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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