Charfield
Charfield is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 2,370. It has 11 bus stops, one restaurant or café, and there were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Charfield area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the South Gloucestershire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 290,424 residents at roughly 584 people per km².
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 61st of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
19°COvercast
- Today: 21° / 17° · 43% rain
- Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:28
12h 48m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
9US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom
Crime
7 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences3
- Burglary2
- Other theft2
Neighbourhood team: Frampton and Charfield · Avon And Somerset
Local policing priorities
- Reports of vehicle's speeding and vehicle over 7.5t using Henfield Road and Ram Hill
- Reports of cars engaging in ASB and car related offences on Stover & Beeches Industrial Estates.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
321 reported road collisions (2024)
45 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
26 food businesses within 2 miles
- 24 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 11 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Yate (9.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£340,300 average▲ 2.3% YoY
Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,456 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY
- 1 bed £994
- 2 bed £1,267
- 3 bed £1,547
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (9.6 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
17 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: CHARFIELD C3 (0.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches8
- Playgrounds6
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
290,424 residents in South Gloucestershire · 584/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 63%
- 65+: 19%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 267 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,551 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (29% of 129,040)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
125 schools · 42,025 pupils
93 primary · 14 secondary · 18 other
Ofsted: 51 of 57 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)
117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Chipping Sodbury SchoolGood
- Digitech Studio SchoolGood
- Hanham Woods AcademyGood
- Mangotsfield SchoolGood
- Marlwood SchoolGood
- Sir Bernard Lovell AcademyGood
- Winterbourne AcademyGood
- Yate AcademyGood
- Abbeywood Community School
- Brimsham Green School
- Downend School
- John Cabot Academy
- Patchway Community School
- The Castle School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Gloucestershire
Care & health services
282 CQC-registered services
- Care homes82
- GP practices38
- Dentists42
- Homecare agencies83
- Hospitals & hospices6
CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
379 applications decided
88.7% granted · 336 granted, 43 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Claire Young
Liberal Democrat
Thornbury and Yate
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition
- Lab 14
- Con 23
- LD 18
- Grn 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens15
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
12,590 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
6 jobs advertised · £40,000 avg
e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Development Engineer
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£793 median full-time weekly pay
2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£26,750 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
50% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 124,171 certificates
7.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
46% low-carbon electricity
Gas 50% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 5%
200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 64 women · 64.2 men
67% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.4
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office317 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test303 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance297 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Charfield railway disaster · 0.2 kmThe Charfield railway disaster was a fatal train crash which occurred on 13 October 1928 in the village of Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Leeds to Br…
Charfield railway station · 0.2 kmCharfield railway station served the village of Charfield in South Gloucestershire, England. The station was on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, originally a broad gauge line overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, bu…
Charfield · 0.3 kmCharfield is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, south-west of Wotton-under-Edge near the Little Avon River and the villages of Falfield and Cromhall. The parish includes the hamlet of Church…
- Cullimore's Quarry · 0.6 km
Cullimore's Quarry is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Charfield, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.
Cromhall Quarry · 1.9 kmCromhall Quarry, also known as Slickstones Quarry, is a 2.7 hectare flooded former limestone quarry near the village of Cromhall, South Gloucestershire, England notified in 1966.
Swinhay House · 1.9 kmSwinhay House is a futuristic building built for David McMurtry, an industrialist, in North Nibley near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Charfield?
- Charfield is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the South Gloucestershire local authority.
- What is the population of Charfield?
- Charfield has an approximate settlement population of 2,370.
- How deprived is Charfield?
- The South Gloucestershire local authority, which includes Charfield, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.