Banbury Hardwick

Cherwell · South East · population 9,131 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,835 of 6,856 in England
  • #472 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 19 in Cherwell
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,838
Median age (est.)37
Density4,261per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above28%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 26%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 13%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 17%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Banbury Hardwick is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,835 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 19 in Cherwell. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £292,250 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 122 sales), 18% below the wider Cherwell median of £358,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,408 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 62 · #2,603
Employment 70 · #2,068
Education 45 · #3,789
Health 76 · #1,643
Crime 55 · #3,055
Housing & access 43 · #3,919
Living environment 99 · #53

House prices ?

£292,250median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£292,250122+2.5%+16.0%
Detached£418,00033+19.4%+22.9%
Semi-detached£312,50036+13.8%+29.7%
Terraced£250,000410.0%+18.8%
Flat£182,50012-2.7%+6.1%
This area£292,250
Cherwell£358,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,408±£6,078 · #2,466 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,595
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 390 offences
Cherwell68
South East71
England83

Rank #1,487 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences210
Theft41
Burglary18
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons40
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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