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Cotham

Middle area

Central Bristol. 8,968 people in 0.8 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Cotham’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£408,000
1,835th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,785
2,364th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Cotham compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price57 middle areas, Bristol · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bristol57 areas from £240,000 to £757,500. The middle area is £340,000. Cotham is £408,000.
£408,00015th highest
Population57 middle areas, Bristol · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bristol57 areas from 5,966 to 13,214. The middle area is 7,929. Cotham is 8,785.
8,78519th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage57 middle areas, Bristol · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bristol57 areas from 73.3% to 99.6%. The middle area is 96.6%. Cotham is 97.8%.
97.8%17th highest
Claimant rate57 middle areas, Bristol · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Bristol57 areas from 0.7% to 9.3%. The middle area is 3.5%. Cotham is 1.1%.
1.1%joint 4th lowest

Figures for the whole of Bristol

These figures are published for the whole of Bristol, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bristol and not Cotham alone. See Bristol

Average house price
£352,262
Up 2.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,509
151st highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.9×
93rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.5
108th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Cotham in brief

The median price paid for a home in Cotham was £408,000 in 2025.

Cotham had 8,785 usual residents at the census.

In Cotham, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Cotham, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.