Faringdon & Stanford

Vale of White Horse · South East · population 9,867 · 5 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,233 of 6,856 in England
  • #570 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 14 in Vale of White Horse
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,685
Median age (est.)44
Density261per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above39%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 18%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

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

Faringdon & Stanford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,233 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 14 in Vale of White Horse. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (83) and lowest on Housing & access (34). Typical homes here sold for about £337,250 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 196 sales), 16% below the wider Vale of White Horse median of £400,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,193 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 52 · #3,254
Employment 67 · #2,253
Education 56 · #3,007
Health 83 · #1,191
Crime 62 · #2,603
Housing & access 34 · #4,536
Living environment 68 · #2,164

House prices ?

£337,250median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=196
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£337,250196+0.7%+23.2%
Detached£495,00065+3.1%+12.5%
Semi-detached£332,00055+2.2%+23.0%
Terraced£283,00053+3.6%+25.1%
Flat£170,59823+10.1%+16.6%
This area£337,250
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)£44,193±£6,125 · #2,271 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,121
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 577 offences
Vale of White Horse50
South East71
England83

Rank #2,761 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences271
Theft141
Burglary19
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons55
Drugs8
Robbery6
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 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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