Downend South

South Gloucestershire · South West · population 6,699 · 4 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #560 of 6,856 in England
  • #45 of 710 in South West
  • #6 of 34 in South Gloucestershire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,680
Median age (est.)45
Density4,445per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 5%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 5%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Downend South is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #560 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 34 in South Gloucestershire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Living environment (40). Typical homes here sold for about £377,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 102 sales), 13% above the wider South Gloucestershire median of £335,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,827 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 92 · #553
Employment 80 · #1,335
Education 89 · #738
Health 86 · #930
Crime 70 · #2,068
Housing & access 97 · #190
Living environment 40 · #4,111

House prices ?

£377,500median (12m) · -4.1% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,500102-4.1%+9.6%
Detached£585,00012+42.3%+56.0%
Semi-detached£435,00039-3.9%+21.3%
Terraced£375,00019-5.1%+4.9%
Flat£185,00032+15.6%+4.5%
This area£377,500
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)£42,827±£6,019 · #2,628 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,433
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 379 offences
South Gloucestershire70
South West71
England83

Rank #2,611 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences101
Theft129
Burglary17
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons66
Drugs11
Robbery9
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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