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Electoral wardE05013111

Osney & St Thomas ward, Oxford

Osney & St Thomas is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,487 residents in 2,589 households — 1,038 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Jericho & Osney division.

Residents, 20216,487council ward average 6,752
Households2,5892.51 residents per household
Density1,038/ km²about 6.25 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+10.1%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 318
5–93.8% · 247
10–154.3% · 281
16–196.1% · 395
20–2416.5% · 1,069
25–3424.8% · 1,606
35–4916.0% · 1,041
50–6413.5% · 875
65–745.8% · 379
75–842.9% · 191
85+1.3% · 85

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van51.6% · 1,336
1 car or van38.7% · 1,002
2 cars or vans7.9% · 205
3 or more1.9% · 48
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright20.3% · 526
With mortgage14.7% · 380
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented19.6% · 508
Private rented44.8% · 1,159
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house2.7% · 71
Semi-detached house9.9% · 255
Terraced house39.2% · 1,015
Purpose-built flat39.9% · 1,033
Converted house4.4% · 113
Other conversion2.8% · 73
Above shop / office1.0% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.