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Bishopsworth ward, City of Bristol

Bishopsworth is one of 34 electoral wards of Bristol City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,274 residents in 5,141 households — 3,163 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bristol South constituency.

Residents, 202112,274council ward average 13,896
Households5,1412.39 residents per household
Density3,163/ km²about 3.88 km² · City of Bristol 4,308
Aged 65+17.7%City of Bristol: 12.9% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 715
5–96.0% · 735
10–156.9% · 842
16–193.6% · 443
20–245.5% · 681
25–3417.1% · 2,097
35–4920.7% · 2,541
50–6416.7% · 2,046
65–749.1% · 1,123
75–845.9% · 719
85+2.7% · 332

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.4% · 895
1 car or van45.4% · 2,336
2 cars or vans27.4% · 1,407
3 or more9.8% · 503
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Bristol overall: 54.0% owned, 18.7% social rented, 26.2% private rented.

Owned outright33.8% · 1,737
With mortgage35.8% · 1,840
Shared ownership1.9% · 99
Social rented11.6% · 595
Private rented16.7% · 859
Lives rent free0.2% · 10

Type of home

Detached house5.7% · 291
Semi-detached house45.4% · 2,333
Terraced house27.3% · 1,401
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 789
Converted house2.5% · 128
Other conversion3.2% · 167
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 12
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.