Is Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

Is Chipping Sodbury a nice place to live or is Chipping Sodbury a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Chipping Sodbury meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Chipping Sodbury?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Chipping Sodbury. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Chipping Sodbury. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Kingswood	31557
2	Bradley Stoke South	24329
3	Yate North	23528
4	Frampton Cotterell	22904
5	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	22831
6	Charfield	21425
7	Dodington	21404
8	Emersons Green	19543
9	Yate Central	18270
10	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	11001

Is Chipping Sodbury a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Chipping Sodbury, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Chipping Sodbury residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Cotswold	3.8
Bath and North East Somerset	4.06
South Gloucestershire (Chipping Sodbury)	4.21
Bristol, City of	4.97

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Chipping Sodbury. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Chipping Sodbury. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Kingswood (Best)	30175
2	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	29694
3	Frampton Cotterell	28746
4	Emersons Green	28606
5	Bradley Stoke South	28507
6	Yate North	25796
7	Charfield	25544
8	Dodington	25048
9	Yate Central	23010
10	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield (Worst)	22170

Is Chipping Sodbury rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Chipping Sodbury. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Kingswood	30142
2	Bradley Stoke South	28821
3	Frampton Cotterell	26522
4	Emersons Green	26216
5	Yate North	24369
6	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	23942
7	Charfield	22968
8	Dodington	22952
9	Yate Central	19736
10	Staple Hill & Mangotsfield	18538

How affordable are the rents in Chipping Sodbury?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Chipping Sodbury rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for .

Beds	South Gloucestershire
1	£750	£
2	£875	£
3	£1100	£
4	£1750	£

How much can I earn in Chipping Sodbury per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Chipping Sodbury, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Chipping Sodbury's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	South Gloucestershire UA (Chipping Sodbury)	£698.80
2	Bristol, City of UA	£696.30
3	Cotswold	£692.50
4	Bath and North East Somerset UA	£690.70

So, is Chipping Sodbury a nice place to live?

Chipping Sodbury has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Chipping Sodbury are more expensive than other parts of .

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