Barton

Oxford · South East · population 8,554 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #947 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 19 in Oxford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,390
Median age (est.)34
Density5,256per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above38%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 40%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 16%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 16%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional8%
Process & plant8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 18%Black: 8%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 62%Asian 18%Black 8%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 34% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

Barton is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,659 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 19 in Oxford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Education (12). Typical homes here sold for about £414,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 74 sales), 8% below the wider Oxford median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,007 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,167
Employment 38 · #4,248
Education 12 · #6,030
Health 48 · #3,528
Crime 23 · #5,290
Housing & access 38 · #4,255
Living environment 90 · #677

House prices ?

£414,500median (12m) · -6.3% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£414,50074-6.3%+10.3%
Detached£770,00011-1.0%+14.5%
Semi-detached£427,00035-24.8%+22.7%
Terraced£358,10016-4.8%-15.7%
Flat£295,00012+9.2%-18.7%
This area£414,500
Oxford£450,000
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)£43,007±£6,119 · #2,582 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,221
Price-to-income ?9.6×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 601 offences
Oxford99
South East71
England83

Rank #3,558 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences304
Theft68
Burglary31
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson74
Public order & weapons49
Drugs31
Robbery6
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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