Southville is the most Godless Ward in Bristol

The best data analysis tool provided by Bristol City Council is the Ward Profile Tool which compares data across the 34 wards in Bristol. It mainly uses Census Data, but does use some other data sources as well.

This article will provide some insights into the Southville Ward when compared with the rest of Bristol. You can use the tool to look at the data for your ward.

Religion

Southville is the Ward with the highest percentage of people with "No religion" (64%). It could be described as "The Most Godless Ward in Bristol".

It has a slightly higher percentage of Hindus that the Bristol average. And a higher percentage of "Other religion", perhaps these are pagans.

Country of Birth

Southville is 0.5% under the average for residents born outside of the UK. Most people are from Spain and Poland (2021 data).

Comparing this with the 2011 census data you can see that the countries people are coming from has increased, with the United States, Somalia and Australia appearing for the first time.

Southville comes 17th in the ward table for people born outside of the UK. Lawrence Hill is the highest, with Bishopsworth having the lowest percentage of people born outside the UK.

Car Availability

Southville ranks 6th for the percentage of households with no car or van.

It is above the average of 45.8% for households with 49.1% of households having one car or van.

If we compare the 2011 census data with the 2021 census data we can see that the number of households with no car or van has dropped from 35.1% to 32.2% and the number of households with 3 or more cars or vans increased from 3.2% to 3.3%

Life Expectancy (using 2021 to 2023 data)

Southville females have the 2nd lowest life expectancy at 78.7 Years vs the average of 82.7 for Bristol.

Southville males have the 7th lowest life expectancy at 75.2 Years vs the average of 78.1 for Bristol.

Age Groups

Southville's biggest age group is 25 to 29, which is slightly higher than the top Bristol age group of 20 to 24.

People with a degree or higher

Southville is 5th for people with a degree or higher at 61.2% which is just ahead of Clifton.

The Bristol average is 42.1%

Child Poverty

Southville has the 8th lowest measure for child poverty in Bristol.

Household Size

In 2011 Southville had 26.9% of households with 1 bedroom, which slightly dropped to 25.7% in 2021.

In 2021 the percentage of overcrowded households was 3.5% (vs 5.1% for Bristol).

In 2021 the percentage of underoccupied households was 53.9% (vs 60.6% for Bristol).

Bristol Population

Between the last two censuses (held in 2011 and 2021), the population of Bristol increased by 10.3%, from just over 428,200 in 2011 to around 472,500 in 2021.

The population here increased by a greater percentage than the overall population of the South West (7.8%), and by a greater percentage than the overall population of England (up 6.6% since the 2011 Census).

In 2021, Bristol was home to around 30.8 people per football pitch-sized piece of land, compared with 27.9 in 2011. This area was the most densely populated local authority area across the South West.

You can see more Bristol population census insights here.