Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 8,325 · 6 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #485 of 6,856 in England
  • #165 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,234
Median age (est.)49
Density173per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above51%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #485 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £695,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 87 sales), 54% above the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,071 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £53,809 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 96 · #265
Employment 97 · #211
Education 91 · #615
Health 98 · #108
Crime 96 · #265
Housing & access 19 · #5,557
Living environment 64 · #2,480

House prices ?

£695,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£695,00087+3.7%+15.8%
Detached£880,00051+3.5%+27.1%
Semi-detached£490,00026-9.9%+9.4%
Terraced£474,1947-12.2%-5.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£695,000
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)£53,809±£7,553 · #585 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,290
Price-to-income ?12.9×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 249 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #408 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft47
Burglary15
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons22
Drugs5
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 24 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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