Is Sion Road in Bath a nice place to live?

Sion Road is classified by the ONS as Communal Retirement. Sion Road is in the lowest 10% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Sion Road is located in the Lansdown ward of the Bath and North East Somerset district in Somerset.
Coordinates 51.395495, -2.366528
Grid Ref ST745663
Suburb Lansdown
Constituency Bath
Postcodes BA1 5RJ, BA1 5SF, BA1 5SG, BA1 5SH, BA1 5SQ

House Prices

The average house price in Sion Road is 64.4% higher than the rest of Bath. The last sale we have on record is 20 Sion Road, that sold for £2,500,000. The average house price in Bath is £540,000 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in Sion Road

Date No. Type Price
31/08/2022 20 Detached £2,500,000
16/09/2021 THE COACH HOUSE Detached £800,000
18/06/2021 9 Detached £1,250,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in Sion Road, Somerset

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Avon-and-somerset Police in Sion Road during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Sion Road and compared that to the average for the Lansdown ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Sion Road, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Lansdown ward

Social economic statistics for Sion Road

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Sion Road is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Sion Road is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Sion Road experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Sion Road are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Sion Road involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Sion Road are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Sion Road are in the top 10% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Sion Road, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Sion Road are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Sion Road

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Sion Road.

Unemployment in Sion Road

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
0.37% of Sion Road residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Sion Road

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Sion Road. The proportion of retirees on Sion Road is 2.75% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
21.35% of Sion Road residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Sion Road

The proportion of home owners on Sion Road is 28.29% higher than the national average of 62%. 9.71% of properties in Sion Road are private rented and 0% are social rented.
90.29% of residents of Sion Road own their home

Country of Birth of Sion Road residents

The proportion if Sion Road residents born in the UK is 7.79% lower than the England national average of 82.65%. 25.14% of Sion Road residents were born outside the UK.
74.86% of Sion Road residents were born in the UK

Sion Road Summary

With house prices in Sion Road more than the average for Somerset and very low levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very wealthy road. Sion Road is the the top 10% of least income deprivated streets in England. Sion Road has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Sion Road maybe difficult.

Sion Road has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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