Is Thornbury, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

Is Thornbury a nice place to live or is Thornbury 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 Thornbury meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Thornbury?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Thornbury. 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 Thornbury. 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	Bradley Stoke North	25576
2	Stoke Gifford	24707
3	Bradley Stoke South	24329
4	Frampton Cotterell	22904
5	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	22831
6	Severn Vale	21729
7	Charfield	21425
8	Thornbury	20373
9	Patchway Coniston	14604
10	Filton	10820

Is Thornbury a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Thornbury, 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 Thornbury 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
South Gloucestershire (Thornbury)	4.21
Bristol, City of	4.97
Forest of Dean	5.46

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Thornbury. 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 Thornbury. 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	Severn Vale (Best)	30311
2	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	29694
3	Frampton Cotterell	28746
4	Bradley Stoke South	28507
5	Thornbury	27880
6	Stoke Gifford	26324
7	Charfield	25544
8	Bradley Stoke North	25483
9	Filton	23640
10	Patchway Coniston (Worst)	18603

Is Thornbury rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Thornbury. 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	Bradley Stoke South	28821
2	Frampton Cotterell	26522
3	Stoke Gifford	26365
4	Thornbury	25935
5	Bradley Stoke North	25482
6	Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge	23942
7	Severn Vale	23112
8	Charfield	22968
9	Filton	20816
10	Patchway Coniston	14513

How affordable are the rents in Thornbury?

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, Thornbury 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 Thornbury per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Thornbury, 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 Thornbury's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Forest of Dean	£724.40
2	South Gloucestershire UA (Thornbury)	£698.80
3	Bristol, City of UA	£696.30
4	Cotswold	£692.50

So, is Thornbury a nice place to live?

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

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