Electoral wardE05013100
Cowley ward, Oxford
Cowley is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,665 residents in 2,701 households — 6,893 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Cowley and Rose Hill & Littlemore divisions.
Residents, 20217,665council ward average 6,752
Households2,7012.84 residents per household
Density6,893/ km²about 1.11 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+11.5%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 508
5–96.0% · 457
10–156.4% · 492
16–193.9% · 301
20–246.1% · 466
25–3419.7% · 1,512
35–4922.6% · 1,730
50–6417.1% · 1,313
65–745.6% · 431
75–843.7% · 282
85+2.2% · 172
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.1% · 733
1 car or van47.1% · 1,271
2 cars or vans19.4% · 525
3 or more6.4% · 172
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.1% · 733
With mortgage27.9% · 754
Shared ownership1.4% · 38
Social rented12.8% · 345
Private rented30.4% · 822
Lives rent free0.3% · 9
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 121
Semi-detached house43.8% · 1,183
Terraced house28.9% · 780
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 468
Converted house4.0% · 109
Other conversion0.6% · 16
Above shop / office0.9% · 25
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013100- Council
- Oxford City Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Cowley, Rose Hill & Littlemore
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Littlemore
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton & Sandhills10.2% aged 65+ · 38.2% owned7,271BBlackbird Leys12.3% aged 65+ · 35.7% owned6,387CChurchill8.9% aged 65+ · 28.6% owned7,621DDonnington9.1% 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.