St Pauls

Bristol, City of · South West · population 8,201 · 4 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,036 of 6,856 in England
  • #621 of 710 in South West
  • #42 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,549
Median age (est.)29
Density14,361per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above52%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 23%25–44 45%45–64 15%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 32%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 11%Other: 24%
One person 37%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 11%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 18% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional18%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 7%Black: 23%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 58%Asian 7%Black 23%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Muslim 19% · Christian 18%

Born outside the UK: 32%

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

St Pauls is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,036 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 57 in Bristol, City of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (65) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £274,000 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 88 sales), 22% below the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,221 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 202 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 34 · #4,488
Employment 38 · #4,248
Education 24 · #5,194
Health 23 · #5,249
Crime 3 · #6,641
Housing & access 65 · #2,377
Living environment 25 · #5,153

House prices ?

£274,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£274,00088+6.7%-10.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£500,00025+2.0%+17.5%
Flat£241,00061+0.4%-6.8%
This area£274,000
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)£40,221±£5,800 · #3,358 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,277
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

202 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,658 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #6,186 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences643
Theft330
Burglary98
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson125
Public order & weapons249
Drugs82
Robbery49
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 478 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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