Challenges created by urban change in Bristol

• Urban deprivation

  • 1/3 of Filwood are very low income households.
  • Problems of of crime, drug use, low quality housing, no transport
• Inequality in housing

  • Filwood - 50% in council housing
  • Stoke Bishop - millionaires (large villas)
• Inequality in education

  • Filwood - 36% get top GCSE grades
  • Stoke Bishop - 94%
• Inequality in health

  • Filwood - life expectancy 78 years
  • Stoke Bishop - 83 years
• Employment

  • Filwood - 1/3 16-24 year olds jobless
  • Stoke Bishop - Just 3%
• Urban sprawl

  • Greenbelt to prevent merge with Bath
  • City extended to northwest (Bradley Stoke)
  • Led to destruction of greenfield sites