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Avonmouth

Avonmouth is a town in Somerset, England, with a population of around 15,000. It has around 1 GP surgery and clinic, and 8 restaurants and cafés, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Avonmouth, 1.8 km away. There were around 54 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Avonmouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Somerset area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 216,734 residents at roughly 580 people per km².

Council
North Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 107th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability40
Affordable rents29
Good schools75
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation70
Employment72
Low council tax34

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: 22° / 17° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:29

12h 47m 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

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

288 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

131 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 103 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St Andrews Road (0.6 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from St Andrews Road (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,628 average 7.5% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£539,385
Semi-detached£342,718
Terraced£272,488
Flat£170,087

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,205 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £818
  • 2 bed £1,075
  • 3 bed £1,341

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

9.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.0 times median annual pay (8.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

44 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Volvo Truck & Bus (South) LTD (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

216,734 residents in North Somerset · 580/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 221 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 101,970)

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,214
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,598
G £4,152
H £4,982

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

85 schools · 32,275 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Backwell SchoolGood
  • Broadoak AcademyGood
  • Clevedon SchoolGood
  • Gordano SchoolGood
  • Nailsea SchoolGood
  • Priory Community SchoolGood
  • St Katherine's SchoolGood
  • Winterstoke Hundred AcademyGood
  • Worle Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
  • Hans Price Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Somerset

Care & health services

221 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes97
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists40
  • Homecare agencies43
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

233 applications decided

89.7% granted · 209 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 12
  • LD 9
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

237 jobs advertised · £40,094 avg

e.g. QA / Welding Inspector, Gas Installations Engineer, Account Manager - Inbound Calls

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,089 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 110,569 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 62.6 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bristol North West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Andrews Road railway station · 0.6 km

    St Andrews Road railway station serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. This station is 15 miles 37 chains (24.9 km) from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line, between Severn Beach…

  • Avonmouth explosion · 0.9 km

    On 3 December 2020, at about 11:20 GMT, a silo containing biosolids exploded in Avonmouth, Bristol, UK, killing four men, including a 16-year old apprentice, and injuring another person. Avon and Somerset Police decla…

  • Avonmouth railway station (Bristol Port Railway and Pier) · 1.1 km

    Avonmouth railway station was the terminus of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, a self-contained railway which ran along the River Avon in Bristol, England. The station, which opened in 1865, was adjacent to a pier o…

  • Avonmouth · 1.2 km

    Avonmouth is a port and outer suburb of Bristol, England, on the north bank of the mouth of the River Avon and the eastern shore of the Severn Estuary. Part of the Port of Bristol, Avonmouth Docks is important to the…

  • Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston · 1.2 km

    Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston is an electoral ward in Bristol, England. It is represented by three members on Bristol City Council which, following the 2024 local elections, are Don Alexander and Tom Blenkinsop of the…

  • Avonmouth railway station · 1.3 km

    Avonmouth railway station is located on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Avonmouth in Bristol, England. It is 9 miles (14 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is AVN. The statio…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Avonmouth?
Avonmouth is a town in Somerset, England, in the North Somerset local authority.
How deprived is Avonmouth?
The North Somerset local authority, which includes Avonmouth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.