While I was searching around for some city population data yesterday, I came across the document “Bristol State of the City mid-2015” (PDF link) which has some data “fun facts” about Bristol.
Here are a few I found interesting so putting them down for future reference:
- More than 180 countries of birth and 91 languages spoken (Census 2011)
- Life expectancy for women is 0.3 years below the national average but for men is 1.2 years below the national average (ONS 2011-2013)
- 59% of Bristolians are overweight or obese
- ~35,000 full time students live in Bristol during term time
- 46% of working aged residents have at least one degree (compared to 36% nationally)
- Bristol residents are more highly qualified than all the other Core Cities except Cardiff and is the third strongest academic cluster in the UK (after Oxford and Cambridge)
- 193,000 homes (in 2014) – 55% owner-occupied / 24% private rented / 21% social rented
- Average house price was £198,600 in Feb 2015 (Rightmove suggests it’s 8% higher than that now at around £215,500)
- 93 crimes reported per 1000 people
- 14.5mph is the average speed of traffic in rush hour
- 45% of household waste is recycled (In 2010 it was only 8%)
- 71% of residents are concerned about the impacts of Climate Change
- 70% of shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs are independent
- £B 350,000 of Bristol Pounds in circulation
- 40% of the world’s wildlife films are linked to Bristol studios
- 217,300 people are in employment in Bristol – an employment rate of 70.9% (Dec 2014)
