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Long Ashton · North Somerset

Long Ashton: your neighbourhood

Long Ashton electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 52% here, compared with 33.9% across North Somerset (18.1 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Homes rented privately: 11% here, compared with 18% across North Somerset (7.7 percentage points lower).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 9% here, compared with 15% across North Somerset (6 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

23.1%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

2,070 out of 8,943.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

265 out of 8,940.

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People counted in the census

8,943

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

8,943 out of 8,943.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

52%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

3,702 out of 7,125.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

37.9%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,380 out of 3,637.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

9%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

326 out of 3,637.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

39%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,778 out of 7,129.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

59.1%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

4,211 out of 7,129.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

1.8%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

125 out of 7,129.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

9.3%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

663 out of 7,125.

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Homes rented privately

11%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

391 out of 3,636.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

28.6%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,037 out of 7,129.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

7%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

258 out of 3,636.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2%

21 March 2021 · Long Ashton

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

140 out of 7,129.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Long Ashton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

389 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 384 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Long Ashton ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 30 mapped crimes in September 2024; 40 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Long Ashton
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024305
October 2024323
November 2024347
December 2024404
January 2025487
February 2025263
March 2025324
April 2025274
May 20253316
June 2025344
July 2025255
August 2025239
September 2025297
October 2025417
November 2025455
December 2025224
January 2026239
February 2026393
March 2026204
April 2026293
May 20264410
June 2026253
July 2026324
August 2026404
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Long Ashton
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime142
burglary54
other theft42
vehicle crime39
criminal damage arson38
public order30
shoplifting16
drugs8
other crime7
bicycle theft5
robbery4
possession of weapons2
theft from the person2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Avon and Somerset Constabulary: Due to a change in IT systems there are known issues with crime and outcome data since October 2015 as latitude and longitude information is missing from approximately 2000 crimes each month. The force will be working to rectify this and provide the missing data over the coming months.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across North Somerset →