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Oxford City Council

Local authority area: Oxford

Oxford is a district council in Oxfordshire, in the South East England region of England. It covers 45.6 km² and had 163,257 residents in 2022 — about 3,580 people per km². The authority dates from 1835.

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Town hall in the administrative centreCounty Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Oxford, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022163,257+7.1% since 2012

Land area45.6km²17.6 sq mi

Density3,580/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#167of 382 UK councils · #147 in England

Population estimates4 data points

152.5K159.6K154.3K163.3K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1835
Created
Oxford became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Oxfordshire

All councils in South East

Cherwell164,155 South Oxfordshire151,820 Vale of White Horse142,116 West Oxfordshire116,928

Elections

24 electoral wards

Census 2021: 162,047 residents in 55,239 households across the wards; 11.7% aged 65+, 45.3% of homes owned, 32.1% of households without a car.

1Carfax & Jericho1,290 households · 4.2% aged 65+8,083 2Cowley2,701 households · 11.5% aged 65+7,665 3Churchill2,461 households · 8.9% aged 65+7,621 4Marston2,638 households · 15.9% aged 65+7,332 5Barton & Sandhills2,664 households · 10.2% aged 65+7,271 6St Mary's2,446 households · 7.9% aged 65+7,246

All wards of Oxford

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TOxford City CouncilTown council · Oxford OX1 1BX · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Oxford East · 17 wards Oxford West and Abingdon · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q20986484 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.