Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 38 min4:52 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 50 min8:13 am – 4:03 pm
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People10,014 residentsin the Fishponds census areaMedian age 35.54,017 households56% of homes owner-occupied27% owned outright20% social rented, 23% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.9% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 4,746 in work, 17% retiredMain industries: health and social work 20%, retail and wholesale 15%, education 11%Getting to work: 33% work from home, 45% go by car, 8% take public transport, 13% walk or cycle84% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages37% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 88%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C886 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December32 days of air frost, 15 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksGlenfromevalley · under a mileCockshot Hillhill · 1.2 miSims' Hillhill · 1.3 miMonks Poollake · 3.2 miBitterwell Lakelake · 3.4 miLeap Valleyvalley · 1.8 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesOldbury Court Estatepark · under a mile · 48 haStoke Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 159 haFishponds Parkpark · under a mileRidgeway Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 12 haMarshfield Road Allotmentsallotments · under a mileBarton Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes76 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197428 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202646 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 13 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband95% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,503 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 16 to 103 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBft Southmead Manor Park Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryFishponds Family Practice25 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyVivo Pharmacy Fishponds19 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistThe Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi52 schools35 primary, 6 secondary, 1 independent, 4 special, 3 nursery, 3 otherPrimaryAvanti Gardens Schoolages 2-11, 381 pupilsunder a milePrimaryFishponds CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 310 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryBristol Metropolitan Academyages 11-19, 1,103 pupilsunder a mileCollegeNorth Bristol Post 16 Centre3.4 miUniversityUniversity of the West of England, Bristol1.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS11 miRailway stationStapleton RoadEaston2.1 miBus stationBus StationBristol3.3 miFerryNetham Lock Ferry Terminal2.4 miBus stops128 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BS16 postcode district.
