Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
One resident in 3 is 15 to 24. It is a town of 13,477 residents in Gloucestershire, South West.
Some subjects shine; others lag. Work and incomes are strong: mean household income £67,447; 2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 26% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Housing is expensive: the median home sold for £380,000, 6.3 years of area income. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #20 of 48 in Gloucestershire. That leaves it better than 64% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Stoke Gifford is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Stoke Gifford does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Stoke Gifford’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →17 listed buildings in Stoke Gifford.
Church of St Michael: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stoke Park: Photo: John Phillips · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stoke Gifford war memorial: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Court: Photo: M J Roscoe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stoke Gifford.
The under-15s are 13% of the population here. One in ten residents are 65 or over, lower than both Gloucestershire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). At 27.8, the median resident of Stoke Gifford sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by 38% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Stoke Gifford | Gloucestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 32% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 9.9% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 35% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gloucestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the town’s 2 primary schools, 64% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its three schools are listed below. GCSE results at the 9 secondary schools within 3 km: 47% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 47.9.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Stoke GiffordLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 638 | C+ |
| Abbeywood Community SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,294 | B |
| Wallscourt Farm AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 400 | A− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 45% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 45% of workers worked mainly from home. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 48%, above both Gloucestershire’s towns (45%) and England’s towns (45%). 11% of commuters who live in Stoke Gifford also work there. The town counts 4.3 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1% of the total, below Gloucestershire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Listed buildings per head: 13 for every 10,000 residents of Stoke Gifford. Grade II* covers 2 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Social housing holds 8% of households, below both Gloucestershire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (18%). Half of the 590 standard sales inside Stoke Gifford’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £380,000. Private rents average £1,464 a month across the South Gloucestershire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £523,750 | 190 |
| Semi-detached | £400,000 | 148 |
| Terraced | £321,370 | 134 |
| Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | 118 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Of all the crimes, 40% were violence and sexual offences. Homes saw 12.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Gloucestershire’s towns (8.1) and England’s towns (9.4). Reported offences in Stoke Gifford came to 1,086 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 173.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
3% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, lower than both Gloucestershire’s towns (4.5%) and England’s towns (5.2%). A disability affects 14% of people in Stoke Gifford. One GP practice serves the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Stoke Gifford | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stoke Gifford. Best known first.
CastleBristol Castle5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumAerospace Bristol1.7 km outside town, to the northwest
ZooBristol Zoo Project4.3 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumGlenside Hospital Museum1.1 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseCharles Wesley's House4.7 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumJohn Wesley's New Room4.9 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Gloucestershire, England
Stoke Gifford is a built-up area of 13,477 people, in the South Gloucestershire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Gifford | 13,477 | — | B | C− | C | B+ |
| Filton | 10,955 | 1.3 | C | C− | D | C |
| Bradley Stoke | 25,194 | 1.8 | A− | C | B− | A− |
| Patchway | 16,517 | 2.3 | C | C | D− | C− |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 14,969 | 2.7 | A− | D | B | A− |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 3.2 | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
| Almondsbury | 2,937 | 3.4 | B− | D | B | B |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 4 | D | D | D− | C− |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 55% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £380,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £265,000, terraced houses £321,370, semi-detached houses £400,000 and detached houses £523,750.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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