Chadlington & Wychwoods

West Oxfordshire · South East · population 6,396 · 3 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,636 of 6,856 in England
  • #426 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 15 in West Oxfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,372
Median age (est.)51
Density53per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above44%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Professional 21% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Chadlington & Wychwoods is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,636 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 15 in West Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here, about £630,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 88 sales), 57% above the wider West Oxfordshire median of £400,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,903 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £45,450 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 88 · #807
Employment 86 · #944
Education 86 · #944
Health 98 · #156
Crime 91 · #615
Housing & access 8 · #6,305
Living environment 30 · #4,776

House prices ?

£630,000median (12m) · +11.5% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£630,00088+11.5%+29.9%
Detached£745,00047-7.0%+8.8%
Semi-detached£530,62526+11.7%+32.7%
Terraced£480,00011+1.3%+45.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£630,000
West Oxfordshire£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)£45,450±£6,512 · #1,969 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,794
Price-to-income ?13.9×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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 260 offences
West Oxfordshire45
South East71
England83

Rank #1,302 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences113
Theft28
Burglary35
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons10
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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