Windmill Hill
Bristol 040 · 4 sub-areas · 7,711 residents
Bristol 040 is a mid-city neighbourhood in Bristol, home to around 7,700 people with a notably mixed tenure split across owned, rented, and social housing. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for around £1,550 a month — slightly above the wider Bristol average, but still well below comparable neighbourhoods in London. Nearly all residents are within walking distance of greenspace, and almost half work from home.
Windmill Hill is a green, lower-density part of Bristol — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters. A high share of adults are degree-educated, which often shows up in the kind of jobs people commute to.
Overview
What's it like to live in Windmill Hill?
The area is unusually green for its density — 6 parks and 3 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,888 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Windmill Hill in Bristol
Living in Windmill Hill
Bristol 040 sits in a part of the city where the housing stock mixes family homes, private rentals, and a meaningful share of social housing — around one in five households. That tenure spread gives it a broader demographic range than some of Bristol's more homogeneous postcodes, and it shows in the streets: this isn't purely a young-professional enclave or a strictly residential family zone. It's somewhere in between, with a population that skews slightly younger but includes a solid cohort of established families.
On costs, you're looking at around £1,550 a month for a two-bedroom home — noticeably above the UK national median of roughly £1,200 for a two-bed, which reflects Bristol's status as one of England's most in-demand mid-sized cities. Rents here rose by around 7.6% in the past year, broadly in line with the wider Bristol trend. The median property price sits at just over £418,000, and at current rents and local salaries, the typical resident is spending a very high share of take-home pay — around 78% — on rent alone, which is a serious constraint.
Just over half of residents own their home (around 56%), which is relatively high for an urban Bristol neighbourhood and suggests a more settled, established community than the rental-heavy inner city. Degree-level qualifications are the norm here — just over half of residents hold one — and the age profile is reasonably broad, with strong representation across the 18–34 and 35–49 brackets. Families with children account for roughly one in five households.
Practically speaking, the nearest mainline rail station is under 500 metres away — about a six-minute walk — which makes this one of the better-connected parts of Bristol for rail users. Working from home is unusually prevalent here: nearly 45% of residents work remotely, one of the higher shares you'll find in any Bristol neighbourhood. Greenspace is close for almost everyone — 98% of residents are within a short walk of it, with the average distance to the nearest green space just 154 metres.
See the streets and sub-areas below for more on how prices and character vary across Bristol 040.
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Frequently asked
- Is Bristol 040 a nice place to live?
- It's a solid, mixed neighbourhood with good rail access, excellent broadband, and greenspace practically on the doorstep for most residents. The trade-off is affordability — rents are high relative to local salaries, and the stretch is real. If you work from home and want a well-connected Bristol base without paying inner-city London prices, it stacks up reasonably well.
- What is the rent in Bristol 040?
- A one-bedroom runs around £1,230 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,550, and a three-bedroom around £1,760. These are estimates based on city-level data scaled to local property prices. Rents rose about 7.6% over the past year, so the market here is moving.
- Is Bristol 040 safe?
- Crime runs at around 82 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — close to the UK national average of roughly 80. That puts it in the middle of the range, neither one of Bristol's more troubled areas nor among the quietest. The deprivation score sits in the fifth national decile, suggesting broadly average conditions.
- What's the commute from Bristol 040 to Bristol city centre?
- The nearest mainline rail station is about a six-minute walk away at under 500 metres. Rail connections are good — Birmingham is around 86 minutes by public transport, and London around 116 minutes. Nearly 45% of residents work from home, so traditional commuting is less the norm here than elsewhere.
- Who lives in Bristol 040?
- A genuinely mixed community — around 31% are aged 18–34, with a solid proportion of 35–49s too. Just over half own their home, around 21% are in social housing, and 22% rent privately. More than half hold degree-level qualifications, and the area has a notably high share of remote workers.
- What schools are near Bristol 040?
- There are 93 schools within 2 km of typical residents — plenty of choice on access. Around 37.5% of those are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, which is well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 1.8 km away. Families should check individual catchment boundaries carefully.
- How does affordability in Bristol 040 compare to the rest of Bristol?
- It's stretched. Residents here typically spend around 78% of take-home pay on rent — a very high share by any measure. The median property price is just over £418,000, and at local salary levels it takes around six years to save a 10% deposit. Rents are above the UK two-bed median of roughly £1,200 a month.