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Quarry & Risinghurst ward, Oxford

Quarry & Risinghurst is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,088 residents in 2,855 households — 5,052 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst and Headington & Quarry divisions.

Residents, 20217,088council ward average 6,752
Households2,8552.48 residents per household
Density5,052/ km²about 1.40 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+16.1%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 369
5–96.1% · 432
10–156.8% · 481
16–193.9% · 278
20–246.9% · 489
25–3415.8% · 1,121
35–4921.6% · 1,532
50–6417.6% · 1,244
65–748.5% · 604
75–845.5% · 392
85+2.1% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.3% · 666
1 car or van49.3% · 1,407
2 cars or vans21.9% · 624
3 or more5.5% · 158
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.1% · 889
With mortgage27.1% · 774
Shared ownership0.5% · 14
Social rented12.0% · 344
Private rented29.1% · 832
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house13.6% · 389
Semi-detached house46.8% · 1,335
Terraced house14.1% · 402
Purpose-built flat19.0% · 542
Converted house4.2% · 120
Other conversion1.2% · 34
Above shop / office1.0% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.