Witney West

West Oxfordshire · South East · population 7,561 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,643 of 6,856 in England
  • #429 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 15 in West Oxfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,088
Median age (est.)38
Density2,907per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above34%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 20%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Witney West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,643 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 15 in West Oxfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Education (37). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 115 sales), 18% below the wider West Oxfordshire median of £400,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,351 a year, in the top third of England. 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 54 · #3,124
Employment 70 · #2,068
Education 37 · #4,289
Health 92 · #581
Crime 82 · #1,225
Housing & access 69 · #2,130
Living environment 100 · #19

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,000115-4.9%+8.7%
Detached£473,75032+3.0%+15.6%
Semi-detached£325,00043-2.3%+16.1%
Terraced£287,00025+0.2%+13.7%
Flat£275,00015-15.4%+27.9%
This area£330,000
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)£49,351±£6,995 · #1,173 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,423
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 385 offences
West Oxfordshire45
South East71
England83

Rank #2,195 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft31
Burglary7
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons40
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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