North Common
Suburb · 88 residents
57Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 34 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 17, below the typical 60
- Health scores 35, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around North Common
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is North Common a good place to live?
North Common scores 57/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (17) and health (35).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for North Common in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of North Common
Terraced Victorian and inter-war streets dominate here, nearly all of them owner-occupied freeholds rather than flats or leaseholds, which gives North Common the settled, nothing-to-prove look of a place people buy into rather than pass through.
That housing pattern tells you most of what you need to know about who lives here. With a median age of 45.7 against a national figure closer to 40, this is not a place thick with twenty-somethings or young renters — it skews toward established households, and the property mix backs that up: terraces lead, but there's a real spread of semis and detached homes too, all freehold, all suggesting people who've settled rather than staked a temporary claim. Schools-wise, Sir Bernard Lovell Academy carries a Good rating and takes over a thousand pupils, a solid rather than spectacular option, while Redfield Edge Primary serves the younger end without an Ofsted judgement on record. Nothing here points to a station or a rail commute, so this reads as a place you'd choose if your working life doesn't depend on a fast line into a city centre.
Money-wise, North Common sits comfortably: an income decile of 8 and deprivation decile of 9 put it among the better-off, less deprived pockets of the country, and the numbers back that up. The median house price of £373,500 runs about 13% above the South Gloucestershire average and sits well clear of the national median too, though it's the kind of premium that reflects steady, established demand rather than anything frothy or speculative. Rents follow the same logic — £1,454 a month is a real step up from both the regional and national medians, which tells you this is a buy-and-stay area more than a rental turnover one, a point the sales data confirms with a turnover rate barely above 1.7%.