Shiplake & Binfield Heath

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 6,460 · 4 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #622 of 6,856 in England
  • #198 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,340
Median age (est.)50
Density104per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above53%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 15%45–64 33%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 20%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 20%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 31% · Professional 24% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors31%
Professional24%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades7%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Shiplake & Binfield Heath is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #622 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £870,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 69 sales) — roughly 1.9× 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 #6,650 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £59,208 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 23 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 98 · #135
Employment 98 · #121
Education 97 · #197
Health 100 · #25
Crime 97 · #231
Housing & access 16 · #5,756
Living environment 44 · #3,871

House prices ?

£870,000median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£870,00069-4.9%-7.4%
Detached£1,200,00047-2.0%+13.5%
Semi-detached£580,00012-12.4%-7.9%
Terraced£495,0005
Flat£735,0005+77.1%
This area£870,000
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)£59,208±£8,665 · #220 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,236
Price-to-income ?14.7×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 ?

3Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

23 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 151 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #107 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences74
Theft14
Burglary15
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons15
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 11 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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