Neighbourhood · South Gloucestershire
Patchway: house prices and how the area is changing
Official figures for the Patchway neighbourhood of South Gloucestershire, England (ONS area South Gloucestershire 033). Headline figures assembled 3 October 2026. Additional local information checked 13 October 2026. Postcodes BS32, BS34. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near BS34 5QF.
A neighbourhood with below-average incomes, changing little against South Gloucestershire
Patchway is a neighbourhood with below-average incomes; it is changing little against South Gloucestershire (signals are mixed: 3 rising and 3 falling of 17). Houses here typically resell for £315,000 and flats for £188,000 (median resale prices, 2023-2025). Schools nearby are improving faster than the council's and the nearest station, Patchway, is about a 16-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre. Recorded crime per resident is 2.0 times the borough's rate, but there are about 2.5 jobs for every resident here, so crime per resident overstates the risk to people who live here.
The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 13 October 2026; source dates are shown below.
Typical house price
£315,000
Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +35% against 2017-2019.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Typical flat price
£188,000
Median resale price of flats in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +23% against 2017-2019.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Affluence today
Below average income
How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation
Signs of gentrification
Mixed signs
Weighted balance +0.05; 3 of 17 signals up, 3 down, against the borough.
Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)
Deprivation
Decile 2 of 10
English Indices of Deprivation 2025: 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods, 10 the least. At the neighbourhood's centre; its 5 small areas range from decile 2 to 9.
Source: MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Average household income
£54,600
ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).
Source: Office for National Statistics
Recorded crime
2.0 times the borough's rate
A busy centre, with about 2.5 jobs for every resident here, so crime per resident overstates the risk to people who live here (20,000 jobs in 2024 against 7,920 residents at the 2021 census). Crimes recorded by the police over 12 months (not anti-social behaviour) per resident, against the borough. Crime per resident can overstate the risk in busy centres where many people work or visit.
Source: Police.uk
Schools getting better
Faster than the council's
Nearby state schools' latest Ofsted inspections and results, against the council's schools.
Source: Ofsted, Department for Education
Where Patchway sits in South Gloucestershire
- Typical house price: joint 9th lowest of 34 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire
- Typical flat price: 12th lowest of the 26 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire with enough flat sales for one
- Average household income: 8th lowest of 34 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire
Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 13 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.
Prices over time in Patchway
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 13 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.
How the area is changing, signal by signal
3 of 17 counted signals point towards rising affluence against South Gloucestershire, 3 the other way and 11 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.
Rising against the borough
- Schools improving
- Air quality
- Benefit claims (DWP)
Falling behind the borough
- Recent price momentum
- Recorded crime
- Anti-social behaviour
Stations and schools nearby
Nearest station
- Patchway Railway station, about a 16-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.2 km in a straight line). About 2.2 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Great Western Railway to Cardiff Central (about 36 min) and Exeter St Davids (106 to 113 min).
Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.
Nearest state schools
- Nearest state primary school Holy Family Catholic Primary School 540 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Ungraded visit: School remains Good (Sep 2022).
- Nearest state secondary school Patchway Community School 660 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: No overall grade: Good in 1 area, Requires improvement in 3 (Dec 2024).
Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (11 October 2026); inspections: Ofsted's management information as at 31 August 2026, in Ofsted's own words. Straight-line distances; not a catchment or admissions assessment.
Questions about Patchway
What is the typical house price in Patchway?
£315,000. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +35% against 2017-2019.
How does Patchway compare with the rest of South Gloucestershire?
Typical house price: joint 9th lowest of 34 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire. Typical flat price: 12th lowest of the 26 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire with enough flat sales for one. Average household income: 8th lowest of 34 neighbourhoods in South Gloucestershire.
Is Patchway an affluent area?
Below average income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Is Patchway gentrifying?
Mixed signs. Weighted balance +0.05; 3 of 17 signals up, 3 down, against the borough.
What is the nearest station to Patchway?
Patchway. Railway station, about a 16-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.2 km in a straight line). About 2.2 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Great Western Railway to Cardiff Central (about 36 min) and Exeter St Davids (106 to 113 min).
Which state schools are nearest to Patchway?
Nearest state primary school. Holy Family Catholic Primary School. 540 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Ungraded visit: School remains Good (Sep 2022). Nearest state secondary school. Patchway Community School. 660 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: No overall grade: Good in 1 area, Requires improvement in 3 (Dec 2024).
Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.
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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.