Electoral wardE05013106
Holywell ward, Oxford
Holywell is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,046 residents in 116 households — 3,572 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Parks division.
Residents, 20216,046council ward average 6,752
Households11652.12 residents per household
Density3,572/ km²about 1.69 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+0.5%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 1.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–40.3% · 20
5–90.2% · 10
10–150.5% · 28
16–1939.8% · 2,403
20–2445.8% · 2,766
25–349.0% · 542
35–492.3% · 138
50–641.7% · 105
65–740.4% · 24
75–840.1% · 6
85+0.0% · 3
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van59.5% · 69
1 car or van29.3% · 34
2 cars or vans8.6% · 10
3 or more2.6% · 3
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.
Owned outright2.6% · 3
Social rented31.9% · 37
Private rented65.5% · 76
Type of home
Detached house4.2% · 5
Semi-detached house11.9% · 14
Terraced house15.3% · 18
Purpose-built flat47.5% · 56
Converted house5.9% · 7
Other conversion7.6% · 9
Above shop / office6.8% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013106- Council
- Oxford City Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Parks
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 24
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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.