Alveston, Olveston & Oldbury

South Gloucestershire · South West · population 6,802 · 4 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,170 of 6,856 in England
  • #108 of 710 in South West
  • #12 of 34 in South Gloucestershire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,682
Median age (est.)52
Density90per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 5%Other: 26%
One person 24%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 5%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Alveston, Olveston & Oldbury is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,170 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 34 in South Gloucestershire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (95) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, down 10% across five years (from 55 sales), 31% above the wider South Gloucestershire median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,447 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #313
Employment 92 · #581
Education 92 · #546
Health 95 · #341
Crime 94 · #403
Housing & access 15 · #5,804
Living environment 26 · #5,078

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · -11.6% yr · n=55
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,00055-11.6%-9.7%
Detached£622,50026+3.8%+8.7%
Semi-detached£425,00016+1.2%+20.6%
Terraced£291,50010-13.0%+38.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£440,000
South Gloucestershire£335,000
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)£46,447±£6,533 · #1,745 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,191
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 231 offences
South Gloucestershire70
South West71
England83

Rank #730 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences107
Theft29
Burglary18
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons33
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 33 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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