City Profile • Local Authority

Bristol, City of

Bristol, City of is a local authority district comprising 17 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £389k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.7% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (134 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

479,024
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

17 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Bristol, City of authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English71.6%
White: Other White8.3%
African3.8%
Pakistani1.9%
Indian1.8%
White and Black Caribbean1.6%

Age Profile

20-24 years10.1%
25-29 years9.4%
30-34 years9.3%
35-39 years8.0%
40-44 years6.6%
15-19 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional27.2%
Associate professional14.7%
Elementary occupations10.4%
Managers and directors10.2%
Administrative and secretarial8.6%
Skilled trades8.4%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage28.8%
Owned: Outright25.2%
Private rented: Landlord24.2%
Social rented: Council13.0%
Social rented: Other5.7%
Private rented: Other2.1%

Area DNA

family1/10
health8/10
safety1/10
homeown2/10
transit9/10
affluence8/10
diversity8/10
employment8/10
investment4/10