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Marston ward, Oxford

Marston is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,332 residents in 2,638 households — 1,999 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Marston & Northway division.

Residents, 20217,332council ward average 6,752
Households2,6382.78 residents per household
Density1,999/ km²about 3.67 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+15.9%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 371
5–96.1% · 444
10–157.7% · 562
16–195.3% · 386
20–247.9% · 581
25–3416.5% · 1,213
35–4920.0% · 1,467
50–6415.6% · 1,143
65–747.6% · 560
75–845.3% · 392
85+2.9% · 213

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.2% · 613
1 car or van50.1% · 1,320
2 cars or vans20.7% · 545
3 or more6.0% · 159
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.

Owned outright36.8% · 971
With mortgage23.2% · 613
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented10.5% · 277
Private rented28.9% · 762
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house13.9% · 365
Semi-detached house48.5% · 1,278
Terraced house22.8% · 600
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 225
Converted house3.2% · 85
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.6% · 16
Caravan, mobile2.4% · 63
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.