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Iron Acton

Iron Acton is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 516. It has 8 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Yate, 2.5 km away, and there were around 2 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 Iron Acton 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
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 61st of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability54
Affordable rents30
Good schools56
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation84
Employment92
Low council tax21

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

22°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Other theft2
  • Burglary1
  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Frampton and Charfield · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Reports of cars engaging in ASB and car related offences on Stover & Beeches Industrial Estates.
  • Reports of vehicle's speeding and vehicle over 7.5t using Henfield Road and Ram Hill

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

95 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 68 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Yate (2.2 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Yate (2.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£340,300 average 2.3% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-06

Detached£560,532
Semi-detached£374,905
Terraced£296,347
Flat£178,243

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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

45 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: The New Inn (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds1

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)

A £1,700
B £1,984
C £2,267
D £2,551
E £3,117
F £3,684
G £4,251
H £5,101

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

  • In a conservation area (Iron Acton Conservation Area)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 42 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
  • Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

11 jobs advertised · £24,608 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Solar 21% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 4%

223 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:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Iron Acton · 0.1 km

    Iron Acton is a village, civil parish and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) west of Yate and about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the centre of Bristol. The B4058 road u…

  • Iron Acton railway station · 0.6 km

    Iron Acton station opened on 2 September 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway Thornbury branch line from Yate to Thornbury. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Hol…

  • Acton Court · 0.8 km

    Acton Court is the historic manor house of the manor of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire, England. It is a grade I listed building of Tudor architecture and was recently restored. It is situated, at some considerable dis…

  • Yate Town F.C. · 1.5 km

    Yate Town Football Club is a football club based in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division South and play at Lodge Road.

  • Frampton Cotterell · 1.7 km

    Frampton Cotterell is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, on the River Frome. The village is contiguous with Winterbourne to the south-west and Coalpit Heath to the east. The parish borders I…

  • Yate Park and Ride · 1.7 km

    Yate Park and Ride is a park and ride facility located off the A432 road on the edge of Yate.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Iron Acton?
Iron Acton is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the South Gloucestershire local authority.
What is the population of Iron Acton?
Iron Acton has an approximate settlement population of 516.
How deprived is Iron Acton?
The South Gloucestershire local authority, which includes Iron Acton, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.