Electoral wardE05010895
Cotham ward, City of Bristol
Cotham is one of 34 electoral wards of Bristol City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,520 residents in 4,808 households — 11,489 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bristol Central constituency.
Residents, 202111,520council ward average 13,896
Households4,8082.4 residents per household
Density11,489/ km²about 1.00 km² · City of Bristol 4,308
Aged 65+8.9%City of Bristol: 12.9% · under 16: 8.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.5% · 291
5–92.4% · 273
10–153.4% · 393
16–195.0% · 581
20–2427.3% · 3,145
25–3424.3% · 2,797
35–4914.5% · 1,675
50–6411.6% · 1,336
65–745.7% · 651
75–842.4% · 271
85+0.9% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.8% · 1,384
1 car or van46.9% · 2,257
2 cars or vans19.2% · 921
3 or more5.1% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Bristol overall: 54.0% owned, 18.7% social rented, 26.2% private rented.
Owned outright20.2% · 970
With mortgage22.6% · 1,086
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented6.7% · 324
Private rented50.1% · 2,406
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house3.5% · 168
Semi-detached house15.0% · 719
Terraced house16.9% · 811
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 736
Converted house46.4% · 2,230
Other conversion1.6% · 78
Above shop / office1.3% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010895- Council
- Bristol City Council
- Constituency
- Bristol Central
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 34
Other wards in the same constituency
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.