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Electoral wardE05010913

Southmead ward, City of Bristol

Southmead is one of 34 electoral wards of Bristol City Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,193 residents in 5,049 households — 4,819 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bristol North West constituency.

Residents, 202113,193council ward average 13,896
Households5,0492.61 residents per household
Density4,819/ km²about 2.74 km² · City of Bristol 4,308
Aged 65+14.8%City of Bristol: 12.9% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 688
5–97.1% · 932
10–158.7% · 1,142
16–195.3% · 703
20–247.3% · 958
25–3413.9% · 1,836
35–4921.5% · 2,841
50–6416.3% · 2,146
65–747.6% · 1,000
75–845.0% · 657
85+2.2% · 292

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.9% · 1,358
1 car or van43.2% · 2,179
2 cars or vans22.8% · 1,152
3 or more7.1% · 360
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.1% · 1,117
With mortgage25.6% · 1,291
Shared ownership0.8% · 40
Social rented33.8% · 1,709
Private rented17.1% · 865
Lives rent free0.6% · 28

Type of home

Detached house6.1% · 308
Semi-detached house44.9% · 2,269
Terraced house29.2% · 1,473
Purpose-built flat15.7% · 795
Converted house2.8% · 141
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office1.0% · 49
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010913
Constituency
Bristol North West
Region
South West
Density rank in council
21 of 34

Other wards in the same constituency

AAvonmouth and Lawrence Weston15.5% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned22,167BBishopston and Ashley Down9.4% aged 65+ · 64.7% owned13,304HHenbury and Brentry16.0% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned13,208HHorfield11.8% aged 65+ · 50.9% owned13,838SStoke Bishop19.5% aged 65+ · 75.0% owned13,067WWestbury-on-Trym and Henleaze23.5% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned20,420

All 34 wards of City of Bristol

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.