Abingdon Town & West

Vale of White Horse · South East · population 11,036 · 7 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,212 of 6,856 in England
  • #564 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 14 in Vale of White Horse
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,981
Median age (est.)40
Density3,106per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above48%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 21%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 37%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 45% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Abingdon Town & West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,212 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 14 in Vale of White Horse. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (87) and lowest on Employment (51). Typical homes here sold for about £333,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 163 sales), 17% below the wider Vale of White Horse median of £400,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,499 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 63 · #2,562
Employment 51 · #3,357
Education 56 · #3,014
Health 71 · #2,000
Crime 52 · #3,316
Housing & access 87 · #869
Living environment 64 · #2,493

House prices ?

£333,000median (12m) · +14.8% yr · n=163
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£333,000163+14.8%+12.5%
Detached£492,5008+1.8%+14.7%
Semi-detached£425,00043+10.4%+28.8%
Terraced£360,00049+4.8%+20.0%
Flat£215,00063-5.5%+4.9%
This area£333,000
Vale of White Horse£400,000
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)£46,499±£6,470 · #1,731 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,320
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,358 offences
Vale of White Horse50
South East71
England83

Rank #5,521 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences580
Theft274
Burglary32
Vehicle crime38
Criminal damage & arson145
Public order & weapons175
Drugs66
Robbery15
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 213 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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