Wallingford & Brightwell

South Oxfordshire · South East · population 9,909 · 6 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #766 of 6,856 in England
  • #245 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 20 in South Oxfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,697
Median age (est.)45
Density711per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above44%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 17%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 48% · No religion 44% · 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

Wallingford & Brightwell is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #766 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 20 in South Oxfordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (89) and lowest on Housing & access (72). Typical homes here sold for about £465,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 175 sales), in line with the wider South Oxfordshire median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,348 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 79 · #1,438
Employment 77 · #1,602
Education 76 · #1,671
Health 89 · #773
Crime 82 · #1,211
Housing & access 72 · #1,938
Living environment 81 · #1,273

House prices ?

£465,000median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=175
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,000175+8.1%+19.4%
Detached£745,00051+14.2%+31.9%
Semi-detached£458,00054-4.0%+15.7%
Terraced£392,50040+10.6%+19.5%
Flat£267,50030+9.2%+13.2%
This area£465,000
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)£47,348±£6,578 · #1,579 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,575
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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 450 offences
South Oxfordshire42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,721 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft77
Burglary22
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons46
Drugs6
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 62 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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