East Central Oxford

Oxford · South East · population 11,376 · 7 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,308 of 6,856 in England
  • #589 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 19 in Oxford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,136
Median age (est.)27
Density6,763per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above51%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 38%25–44 31%45–64 15%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 51%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 16%Private rent 51%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 5%Other: 35%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 5%Other 35%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 41% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional41%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure6%
Administrative5%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 15%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 74%Asian 15%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 31% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 34%

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

East Central Oxford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,308 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 19 in Oxford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (90) but weak on Living environment (19). Typical homes here sold for about £560,000 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 78 sales), 24% above the wider Oxford median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,622 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 85 · #1,033
Employment 90 · #649
Education 54 · #3,172
Health 64 · #2,480
Crime 19 · #5,523
Housing & access 70 · #2,082
Living environment 19 · #5,564

House prices ?

£560,000median (12m) · +10.9% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£560,00078+10.9%-13.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£772,00022+47.0%+7.6%
Terraced£572,50040+5.5%-2.6%
Flat£306,50016-5.7%-3.5%
This area£560,000
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)£41,622±£6,373 · #2,963 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,946
Price-to-income ?13.5×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,404 offences
Oxford99
South East71
England83

Rank #5,534 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences585
Theft387
Burglary45
Vehicle crime57
Criminal damage & arson94
Public order & weapons136
Drugs67
Robbery18
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 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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