South Gloucestershire: local statistics
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority in the South West, home to an estimated 308,787 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over South Gloucestershire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 308,787 people lived in South Gloucestershire in mid-2025, a change of +1.0% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +13.4% (the South West: +8.0%). That is the 3rd fastest growth in the South West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The median full-time employee living in South Gloucestershire was paid £793.00 a week before tax in April 2025 (£40,731 a year). That is 8.0% above the figure for the South West and the 4th highest of 26 in the South West. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £839.80, £46.80 higher. In 2015 the residents' median was £540.10, so it has risen 47% before inflation.
A typical home in South Gloucestershire cost £341,833 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 3.4% in twelve months. That is 6th of 26 in the South West, counting from the highest (regional average £302,298). This July figure is the highest in the series, 40% up on July 2016. The average price is 8.4 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in South Gloucestershire. That ratio is mid-table in the South West, 11th of 26.
In August 2026, 4,050 people in South Gloucestershire were on the claimant count, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South West: 2.7%). That compares with 2.0% a year before. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.6% (September 2023) and 2.7% (August 2021).
Life expectancy at birth in South Gloucestershire is 84.7 years for women and 81.0 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.1 years for women and -0.4 for men. It is the 7th highest for women of the 26 council areas in the South West.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 83.8% of South Gloucestershire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 2.7 points either way; the figure for the South West was 79.0%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 78.7% to 85.3%.
12,740 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in South Gloucestershire in March 2026, 8% more than in 2016. That is 41 for every 1,000 residents, the 23rd highest of the 27 council areas in the South West.
Average Band D council tax in South Gloucestershire is £2,550.59 for 2026-27, up £122.69 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 27 council areas in the South West (13th highest). Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,611.50.
Police recorded 22,595 crimes in South Gloucestershire in the year to March 2026, 73.2 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of the 19 council areas in the South West (10th highest rate). That compares with 68.7 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 54.2 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 272,189 |
| 2016 | 275,808 |
| 2017 | 278,379 |
| 2018 | 281,719 |
| 2019 | 284,563 |
| 2020 | 287,182 |
| 2021 | 290,886 |
| 2022 | 295,327 |
| 2023 | 300,441 |
| 2024 | 305,766 |
| 2025 | 308,787 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £244,716 |
| July 2017 | £257,983 |
| July 2018 | £263,898 |
| July 2019 | £266,270 |
| July 2020 | £270,998 |
| July 2021 | £287,363 |
| July 2022 | £323,734 |
| July 2023 | £321,499 |
| July 2024 | £324,992 |
| July 2025 | £330,523 |
| July 2026 | £341,833 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £540.10 a week |
| 2016 | £549.80 a week |
| 2017 | £572.60 a week |
| 2018 | £567.70 a week |
| 2019 | £597.50 a week |
| 2020 | £602.60 a week |
| 2021 | £613.30 a week |
| 2022 | £655.20 a week |
| 2023 | £719.40 a week |
| 2024 | £772.30 a week |
| 2025 | £793.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,611.50 |
| 2017-18 | £1,685.89 |
| 2018-19 | £1,782.78 |
| 2019-20 | £1,853.08 |
| 2020-21 | £1,929.22 |
| 2021-22 | £2,022.40 |
| 2022-23 | £2,086.15 |
| 2023-24 | £2,191.31 |
| 2024-25 | £2,309.89 |
| 2025-26 | £2,427.90 |
| 2026-27 | £2,550.59 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 54.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 59.4 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 61.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 59.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 61.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 53.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 59.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 68.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 73.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.0% |
| 2016/17 | 80.1% |
| 2017/18 | 78.7% |
| 2018/19 | 80.7% |
| 2019/20 | 83.2% |
| 2020/21 | 81.6% |
| 2021/22 | 81.3% |
| 2022/23 | 83.4% |
| 2023/24 | 85.3% |
| 2024/25 | 82.3% |
| 2025/26 | 83.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 11,850 |
| 2017 | 12,185 |
| 2018 | 12,280 |
| 2019 | 12,405 |
| 2020 | 12,650 |
| 2021 | 12,675 |
| 2022 | 12,570 |
| 2023 | 12,415 |
| 2024 | 12,505 |
| 2025 | 12,590 |
| 2026 | 12,740 |
Questions about South Gloucestershire
What is the population of South Gloucestershire?
The ONS estimates 308,787 people lived in South Gloucestershire in mid-2025.
What is the average salary in South Gloucestershire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in South Gloucestershire was £793.00 a week in April 2025 (£40,731 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in South Gloucestershire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £341,833.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in South Gloucestershire?
4,050 in August 2026 (2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in South Gloucestershire?
84.7 years for women and 81.0 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in South Gloucestershire?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,550.59 for 2026-27.
What is the crime rate in South Gloucestershire?
73.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over South Gloucestershire
Every body that makes decisions for South Gloucestershire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- South Gloucestershire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- South Gloucestershire in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bristol North East: Damien Egan (Labour) MP
- Filton and Bradley Stoke: Claire Hazelgrove (Labour) MP
- North East Somerset and Hanham: Dan Norris (Independent) MP
- Thornbury and Yate: Claire Young (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South West
- UK figures: UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South West: Bath and North East Somerset · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Dorset · North Somerset · Plymouth · Swindon
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