Housing in BS20 7EQ
What the homes in BS20 7EQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Portishead Central
- Council
- North Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,533 (2024)
BS20 7EQBristol
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (35.8%). Flats make up 20.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
83.6% of households in the BS20 7EQ area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 8.1% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 46.2% own outright and 37.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned83.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented8.1%20.5%
- Social rented8.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 25% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (25.4%). 29.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in North Somerset
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in North Somerset (August 2026, +3.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BS20 7EQ (Portishead Central) (about 1,533 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.