South Gloucestershire Council

Local authority area: South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire is an unitary authority, in the South West England region of England. It covers 496.9 km² and had 294,765 residents in 2022 — about 593 people per km². The council is based in Yate.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for South Gloucestershire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022294,765+10.8% since 2012

Land area496.9km²191.9 sq mi

Density593/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#79of 382 UK councils · #72 in England

Population estimates4 data points

266.1K274.7K282.6K294.8K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

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Predecessors
Avon

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South West

All councils in South West

Somerset576,852 Cornwall575,413 Wiltshire515,885 City of Bristol479,024 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole401,898 Dorset383,274 City of Plymouth266,862 Swindon235,657 North Somerset219,145 Bath and North East Somerset195,618 Torbay139,479 Isles of Scilly2,281

Elections

28 electoral wards

Census 2021: 290,426 residents in 118,105 households across the wards; 18.7% aged 65+, 72.4% of homes owned, 12.3% of households without a car.

1Emersons Green6,809 households · 11.7% aged 65+17,341 2Staple Hill & Mangotsfield6,423 households · 18.6% aged 65+15,037 3Thornbury6,108 households · 23.3% aged 65+14,487 4Stoke Gifford5,788 households · 15.5% aged 65+14,200 5Frenchay & Downend5,550 households · 23.5% aged 65+13,733 6Frampton Cotterell5,321 households · 24.4% aged 65+13,238

All wards of South Gloucestershire

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CFrances Barr WalkCouncil office · Bristol BS35 4PQ PDodington Parish CouncilParish council · Bristol BS37 6JZ · hours listed PPilning & Severn Beach Parish CouncilParish council · Bristol BS35 4LN · hours listed PWinterbourne Parish CouncilParish council · Bristol BS36 1NJ

Westminster

Constituencies

Thornbury and Yate · 10 wards Filton and Bradley Stoke · 10 wards North East Somerset and Hanham · 4 wards Bristol North East · 4 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1369280 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.