SEVERN ROAD, BS23 1DW House Prices & Local Information

BS23 1DW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Severn Road, 1.0km from Knightstone in Weston-super-Mare. Administratively it sits within Weston-super-Mare Central ward and the Weston-Super-Mare constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a multiethnic urban high streets zone — urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 44) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 57% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 84 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £122k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 18.4% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for BS23 1DW are sourced from Output Area E00074797 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.