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71% more students are on their way to Southville

71% more students are on their way to Southville
Planned Student Accommodation in Bristol

Soon there will be 596 student beds added to the existing 836 student beds in Southville.

But that is nothing compared to the increases in Lawrence Hill (348%) and Windmill Hill (3035%).

If you look at all the Wards in Bristol there will be an increase of 60% student accommodation beds once the currently planned developments are completed. This will be 10,527 student beds added to the existing 17,627 beds, making a total of 28,154 student accommodation beds in Bristol.

Existing Student Accommodation

Planned Student Accommodation

These are the locations where more than 100 student beds will be added.

There are positive and negative impacts of more students in Bristol. They spend a lot of money in pubs and clubs, but also use services without paying council tax and are likely to contribute to flytipping.

Jan 2025 - Student numbers leave city 'missing millions' in tax

Growing numbers of students living in Bristol means public services are "missing out" on millions in council tax, a city council meeting was told.
The authority is "missing" £2.6m in tax this year, councillors told the meeting. Students are exempt from paying council tax despite benefiting from council services, like bin collections and parks.
Councillor Caroline Gooch said university cities were "over-burdened" with student exemptions compared to non-university or rural areas, arguing the government should implement a subsidy scheme.
Councillors also noted how students benefitted the city, such as the night-time economy.

Student Numbers

In July 2024 Bristol University had 30,660 Students, of whom 10,765 (35%) were International Students.

This is more than the population of Southville (12,882) and Bedminster (12,916) Wards combined.

"Full Time Home Students" paid £172 million in tuition fees and "Full Time International Students" paid £237 million. You can see why Bristol University is working to increase the numbers of International Students because even though they make up 30% of the student numbers they bring in 58% of Tuition Fee Income.

The blue dots are Student Accommodation locations and the red dots are FixMyStreet report that contain the word "student" or "university".

07/06/2025 (view report)

Broken white bookcase dumped on the pavement near to one of the “Student only” temporary communal bins on Little Paul Street. Every summer term it’s the same, despite every effort being made to make it easy for departing students.

07/06/2025 (view report)

Yet again the end of the University year & binbags, food & a carpet dumped. Same issue as before. Bins full binbags split. Rats seen. Please contact the landlords who rent these properties & get them to explain how this behaviour is unacceptable!

07/06/2025 (view report)

Black bags dumped next to student rubbish collection communal bins. Now ripped open and spread across the pavement.
You can view all of the student accommodation data on the BU Report Pages (look for the "Students" button).

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