Sonning Common & Kidmore End

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 6,122 · 4 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #368 of 6,856 in England
  • #131 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,158
Median age (est.)48
Density236per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 11%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Sonning Common & Kidmore End is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #368 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (35). Typical homes here sold for about £549,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 76 sales), 22% above the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,139 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 90 · #697
Employment 92 · #581
Education 90 · #690
Health 96 · #265
Crime 97 · #224
Housing & access 35 · #4,454
Living environment 93 · #457

House prices ?

£549,000median (12m) · -9.6% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£549,00076-9.6%+9.5%
Detached£650,00045-15.0%+8.3%
Semi-detached£527,00019-7.5%+21.1%
Terraced£375,0009+7.2%+6.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£549,000
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)£51,139±£7,248 · #886 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,782
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 200 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #631 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences95
Theft32
Burglary13
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons23
Drugs4
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 26 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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