Windmill Hill

Bristol, City of · South West · population 7,487 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,919 of 6,856 in England
  • #500 of 710 in South West
  • #28 of 57 in Bristol, City of
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,584
Median age (est.)34
Density7,878per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above51%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 42%45–64 20%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 21%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 12%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 12%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 5%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 5%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 59% · Christian 26% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Windmill Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,919 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 57 in Bristol, City of. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (82) and lowest on Crime (27). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 97 sales), 17% above the wider Bristol, City of median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,432 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 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 37 · #4,317
Employment 51 · #3,371
Education 34 · #4,543
Health 45 · #3,789
Crime 27 · #5,002
Housing & access 82 · #1,246
Living environment 30 · #4,783

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,00097+3.8%+20.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£415,00017+5.1%+46.9%
Terraced£435,00062-0.5%+14.5%
Flat£263,50017+14.6%+24.3%
This area£410,000
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)£45,432±£6,470 · #1,974 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,597
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 550 offences
Bristol, City of128
South West71
England83

Rank #3,740 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences291
Theft47
Burglary20
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons52
Drugs13
Robbery9
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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