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St Mary's ward, Oxford

St Mary's is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,246 residents in 2,446 households — 6,270 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Bartlemas and Isis divisions.

Residents, 20217,246council ward average 6,752
Households2,4462.96 residents per household
Density6,270/ km²about 1.16 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+7.9%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 8.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.7% · 194
5–92.9% · 209
10–153.1% · 224
16–196.9% · 498
20–2428.2% · 2,042
25–3422.0% · 1,594
35–4915.9% · 1,154
50–6410.5% · 760
65–745.2% · 376
75–841.8% · 134
85+0.8% · 61

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van43.8% · 1,071
1 car or van37.2% · 909
2 cars or vans14.1% · 344
3 or more5.0% · 122
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.5% · 527
With mortgage14.3% · 350
Shared ownership0.6% · 14
Social rented10.3% · 253
Private rented53.2% · 1,301
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 98
Semi-detached house17.0% · 415
Terraced house45.6% · 1,116
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 362
Converted house14.9% · 365
Other conversion1.1% · 28
Above shop / office2.5% · 60
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.