South Oxhey

Three Rivers · East of England · population 8,098 · 4 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,221 of 6,856 in England
  • #579 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 12 in Three Rivers
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,875
Median age (est.)37
Density3,902per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above31%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 39%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 13%Other: 10%
One person 33%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 13%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 74%Asian: 15%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 74%Asian 15%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 32% · Hindu 9%

Born outside the UK: 26%

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

South Oxhey is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,221 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 12 in Three Rivers. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Income (30). Typical homes here sold for about £422,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 79 sales), 23% below the wider Three Rivers median of £550,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,075 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 30 · #4,803
Employment 31 · #4,707
Education 30 · #4,769
Health 36 · #4,413
Crime 39 · #4,152
Housing & access 53 · #3,247
Living environment 86 · #937

House prices ?

£422,500median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£422,50079+6.7%+17.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£475,00017+5.6%+28.4%
Terraced£437,50032+6.7%+11.5%
Flat£348,37530-8.1%-0.5%
This area£422,500
Three Rivers£550,000
East of England£348,000
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)£40,075±£5,674 · #3,411 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,512
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 563 offences
Three Rivers54
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,506 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences302
Theft41
Burglary21
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons49
Drugs30
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 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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