South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury

Vale of White Horse · South East · population 14,301 · 8 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,273 of 6,856 in England
  • #362 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 14 in Vale of White Horse
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,913
Median age (est.)39
Density148per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above48%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 15%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,273 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 14 in Vale of White Horse. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £416,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 237 sales), in line with the wider Vale of White Horse median of £400,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,753 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 71 · #2,000
Employment 81 · #1,273
Education 74 · #1,780
Health 90 · #663
Crime 85 · #1,040
Housing & access 31 · #4,728
Living environment 65 · #2,390

House prices ?

£416,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=237
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£416,000237-2.1%+9.5%
Detached£522,50094-9.1%+1.5%
Semi-detached£385,00067-1.2%+18.5%
Terraced£365,00059+21.1%+27.0%
Flat£228,99517+12.3%+21.3%
This area£416,000
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)£53,753±£7,527 · #596 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,070
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 725 offences
Vale of White Horse50
South East71
England83

Rank #2,182 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences317
Theft131
Burglary43
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons80
Drugs20
Robbery5
Other29

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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