Berinsfield & Wittenham

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 8,280 · 6 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,397 of 6,856 in England
  • #600 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,032
Median age (est.)47
Density112per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above39%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 15%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Berinsfield & Wittenham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,397 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (83) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £429,950 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 107 sales), in line with the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,082 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 72 · #1,911
Employment 73 · #1,849
Education 41 · #4,070
Health 83 · #1,191
Crime 79 · #1,451
Housing & access 22 · #5,311
Living environment 40 · #4,125

House prices ?

£429,950median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£429,950107+2.4%+7.5%
Detached£647,47542+32.1%-6.2%
Semi-detached£398,95343-2.7%+9.7%
Terraced£304,00014-1.1%+14.7%
Flat£241,2508-16.4%
This area£429,950
South Oxfordshire£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)£44,082±£6,171 · #2,299 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,121
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 366 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,616 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences174
Theft66
Burglary18
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons32
Drugs11
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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