Electoral wardE05010934
Launton and Otmoor ward, Cherwell
Launton and Otmoor is one of 16 electoral wards of Cherwell District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,960 residents in 3,385 households — 73 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bicester and Woodstock constituency; for county elections it is in the Bicester South and Chesterton & Launton and Kidlington North & Otmoor divisions.
Residents, 20218,960council ward average 10,063
Households3,3852.65 residents per household
Density73/ km²about 122.07 km² · Cherwell 274
Aged 65+20.9%Cherwell: 17.4% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 399
5–95.1% · 458
10–156.3% · 565
16–194.0% · 359
20–244.7% · 417
25–3411.9% · 1,069
35–4919.9% · 1,785
50–6422.8% · 2,039
65–7411.5% · 1,026
75–847.0% · 623
85+2.5% · 220
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.4% · 218
1 car or van33.6% · 1,139
2 cars or vans39.9% · 1,352
3 or more20.0% · 676
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cherwell overall: 65.0% owned, 13.3% social rented, 19.8% private rented.
Owned outright40.5% · 1,371
With mortgage36.0% · 1,218
Shared ownership1.6% · 53
Social rented9.7% · 328
Private rented12.3% · 415
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house47.4% · 1,602
Semi-detached house32.9% · 1,114
Terraced house15.2% · 513
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 39
Converted house0.8% · 28
Other conversion0.9% · 32
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010934- Council
- Cherwell District Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Bicester South, Chesterton & Launton, Kidlington North & Otmoor
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 16
Parishes in the ward
AmbrosdenArncottBicesterBlackthornBletchingdonCharlton-on-OtmoorFencott and MurcottHampton Gay and PoyleHorton-cum-StudleyIslipLauntonMertonNokeOddingtonPiddingtonShipton-on-Cherwell and ThruppWendleburyWeston-on-the-Green
Other wards in the same constituency
BBicester East18.1% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned8,759BBicester North and Caversfield9.8% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned9,331BBicester South and Ambrosden6.9% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned14,154BBicester West19.6% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned8,847FFringford and Heyfords18.3% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned9,560KKidlington East21.8% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned9,754KKidlington West24.1% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,254
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.