ILMINSTER AVENUE, BS4 1BY House Prices & Local Information

BS4 1BY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Ilminster Avenue, 0.4km from Knowle Park in Bristol. Administratively it sits within Knowle ward and the Bristol South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, BS4 1BY is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 44% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 25% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £230k. 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 BS4 1BY are sourced from Output Area E00073999 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.