City Profile • Local Authority

Oxford

Oxford is a local authority district comprising 4 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £567k, reflecting a downward trend of 0.7% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 101 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

163,257
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

4 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Oxford authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English53.5%
White: Other White15.4%
Pakistani4.1%
Indian3.7%
Other Asian3.6%
African3.1%

Age Profile

20-24 years13.6%
15-19 years9.8%
25-29 years9.5%
30-34 years8.2%
35-39 years6.8%
40-44 years5.9%

Top Occupations

Professional36.7%
Associate professional11.7%
Elementary occupations10.7%
Managers and directors9.2%
Caring and leisure8.2%
Administrative and secretarial6.4%

Housing Tenure

Private rented: Landlord29.3%
Owned: Outright25.3%
Owned: Mortgage20.0%
Social rented: Council13.4%
Social rented: Other7.5%
Private rented: Other2.9%

Area DNA

family2/10
health7/10
safety3/10
homeown1/10
transit7/10
affluence9/10
diversity10/10
employment7/10
investment4/10