South Gloucestershire

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South Gloucestershire
Unitary authority area
Yate town skyline
Shown within Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51°28′44″N 2°22′48″W / 51.479°N 2.380°W / 51.479; -2.380
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Ceremonial County	Gloucestershire
Combined authority	West of England
Admin HQ	Yate
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	South Gloucestershire Council
• Leadership	(Conservative)
• MPs	Jack Lopresti (C) Damien Egan (L) Luke Hall (C)
Area
• Total	191.87 sq mi (496.94 km2)
• Rank	78th (of 296)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	294,765
• Rank	51st (of 296)
• Density	1,500/sq mi (590/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [2]
• Ethnic groups	List 91.2% White 3.8% Asian 2.5% Mixed 1.6% Black 0.9% other
Religion (2021) [2]
• Religion	List 46.1% no religion 44.1% Christianity 8.2% other 1.6% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	00HD (ONS) E06000025 (GSS)
OS grid reference	ST735757
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
Website	southglos.gov.uk

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern part of its area falls within the Greater Bristol urban area surrounding the city of Bristol.

South Gloucestershire was created in 1996 to replace the Northavon district of the abolished county of Avon. It is separate from Gloucestershire County Council, but is part of the ceremonial county and shares Gloucestershire's Lord Lieutenant (the Sovereign's representative to the county).^[3] Because of its history as part of the county of Avon, South Gloucestershire works closely with the other unitary authorities that took over when that county was abolished, including shared services such as Avon Fire and Rescue Service^[4] and Avon and Somerset Police,^[5] together with co-operation in planning strategy for transport, roads and housing.