"a bit affluent" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe people, places, or things that are a bit more well-off than others. For example, "The neighborhood is a bit affluent, but still affordable for most people."
Guide John Harper says Destination Himalaya caters to a crowd a bit older and more affluent than the typical backpacker.
We were a bit different to the other clientele – affluent older couples and young families – and whether that was the reason for the barman's solicitous mocktail-making and the watersport instructor's patience, I don't know.
The key division within the right is between white men of more affluent station with a bit more education who would tolerate some common sense gun reforms and the less educated lower middle class whites who feel their way of life slipping away.
[Focus Group 5, Younger, More Affluent] "Bribery is never going to be the answer … it does feel a bit like bribery" [Focus Group 3, Older, Less Affluent] "It's unfair to everybody if it's coming out of everybody's pocket".
Their new agreed proposal lessens Mr Brown's proposed sales tax increase a bit, but raises income taxes on the affluent more than he wanted.
But while I understand that making the city a millionaires' playground has its benefits — and not just for millionaires — I also find this affluent angst more than a bit overwrought.
Just politely ask "chotto, motto yasuku dekimasuka?" (Can you make it a bit cheaper?) 1. Ginza Ginza is the affluent shopping district in Tokyo - one look around Mitsukoshi will testify to this.
The fact is the serious newspapers and the theatres have the perfect relationship because the demographics of their respective clients are pretty much identical: middle-class, affluent, and, of course, getting on a bit.
"The more affluent shopper will probably still spend quite a bit this holiday season.
Of course, with longer articles and more affluent demographics, you can jack that up a bit; I'd gladly have paid $0.50 each for a lot of the best New Yorker-type articles I've read.
