Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon

Vale of White Horse · South East · population 10,665 · 6 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,582 of 6,856 in England
  • #418 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 14 in Vale of White Horse
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,297
Median age (est.)40
Density276per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above41%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 18%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%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

Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,582 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 14 in Vale of White Horse. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (96) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 133 sales), 19% above the wider Vale of White Horse median of £400,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,041 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 66 · #2,342
Employment 73 · #1,876
Education 58 · #2,863
Health 88 · #807
Crime 84 · #1,122
Housing & access 22 · #5,345
Living environment 96 · #293

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000133+5.6%+11.2%
Detached£575,00073-0.2%+17.9%
Semi-detached£390,00035-0.8%+18.2%
Terraced£330,00021-2.1%+18.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£475,000
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)£49,041±£6,825 · #1,231 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,491
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 573 offences
Vale of White Horse50
South East71
England83

Rank #2,390 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft116
Burglary18
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons64
Drugs15
Robbery1
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 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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