Electoral wardE05013097
Blackbird Leys ward, Oxford
Blackbird Leys is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,387 residents in 2,340 households — 2,422 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Cowley and Leys divisions.
Residents, 20216,387council ward average 6,752
Households2,3402.73 residents per household
Density2,422/ km²about 2.64 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+12.3%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 380
5–97.7% · 493
10–159.2% · 587
16–195.2% · 329
20–246.1% · 391
25–3415.4% · 985
35–4919.8% · 1,267
50–6418.3% · 1,170
65–746.1% · 389
75–844.4% · 279
85+1.8% · 118
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.2% · 848
1 car or van41.0% · 959
2 cars or vans17.3% · 405
3 or more5.5% · 128
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.
Owned outright16.8% · 394
With mortgage18.8% · 440
Shared ownership1.6% · 38
Social rented47.9% · 1,120
Private rented14.6% · 341
Lives rent free0.3% · 6
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 131
Semi-detached house23.2% · 542
Terraced house42.3% · 989
Purpose-built flat26.9% · 629
Converted house1.2% · 29
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013097- Council
- Oxford City Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Cowley, Leys
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Blackbird Leys
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton & Sandhills10.2% aged 65+ · 38.2% owned7,271CChurchill8.9% aged 65+ · 28.6% owned7,621CCowley11.5% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned7,665DDonnington9.1% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned7,238HHeadington17.3% aged 65+ · 52.0% owned7,115HHeadington Hill & Northway10.0% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned6,507HHinksey Park13.9% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned5,578LLittlemore12.0% aged 65+ · 46.3% owned6,230LLye Valley9.7% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned7,122MMarston15.9% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned7,332NNorthfield Brook9.4% aged 65+ · 32.5% owned7,080QQuarry & Risinghurst16.1% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned7,088RRose Hill & Iffley15.4% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned7,083SSt Clement's10.0% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned5,990
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.