Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 39 min4:52 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:13 am – 4:02 pm
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People6,679 residentsin the Alveston, Olveston & Oldbury census areaMedian age 52.22,788 households83% of homes owner-occupied53% owned outright5% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.2% unemployment rate55% of adults are economically active, 3,037 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 11%, construction 9%Getting to work: 45% work from home, 49% go by car, 4% walk or cycle46% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages42% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C826 mm of rain a year, 23 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December38 days of air frost, 11 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 landmarksPriest Poollake · 2.0 miTockington Hillhill · under a mileEastcombe Hillhill · 1.3 miWillis Brakewoodland · under a mileHazel Woodwoodland · under a mileMonks Poollake · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesOldown Country Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 7 haTockington Greenpark · 1.1 miThornbury Golf Centregolf course · 1.1 mi · 78 haWoodhouse Parksports ground · 1.0 mi · 14 haScop Fieldpark · 2.0 miThe Mundy Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.9 mi · 7 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes81 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197425 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 5 Feb 202539 mi away, Malvern, WorcestershireSource: 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 8.3 · PM2.5 6.2 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband62% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband97% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,865 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation80 m262 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 24 to 100 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalNHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol5.2 miGP surgeryHenderson Rehabilitation Unit2.0 miPharmacyAlveston Pharmacyunder a mileDentistHigh Street Dental Surgery2.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools2 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimarySt Helen's Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11under a mileIndependentTockington Manor Schoolages 2-14, 245 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryMarlwood Schoolages 11-18, 510 pupils1.0 miCollegeNorth Bristol Post 16 Centre8.3 miUniversityUniversity of the West of England, Bristol5.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS16 miRailway stationPatchway3.8 miBus stationChepstow Bus Station Stand 17.3 miFerryBristol Docks Ferry LandingAvonmouth8.7 miBus stops23 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BS12 postcode district.
