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Electoral wardE05013116

Summertown ward, Oxford

Summertown is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,513 residents in 2,106 households — 2,356 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Summertown & Walton Manor division.

Residents, 20216,513council ward average 6,752
Households2,1063.09 residents per household
Density2,356/ km²about 2.76 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+16.7%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.5% · 162
5–94.1% · 270
10–1513.4% · 870
16–1912.0% · 784
20–249.4% · 615
25–3411.3% · 735
35–4914.6% · 951
50–6415.9% · 1,037
65–748.3% · 540
75–845.9% · 383
85+2.6% · 167

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.4% · 598
1 car or van51.1% · 1,076
2 cars or vans16.3% · 343
3 or more4.2% · 89
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.2% · 825
With mortgage16.1% · 340
Shared ownership1.6% · 33
Social rented9.4% · 198
Private rented33.7% · 711

Type of home

Detached house11.9% · 250
Semi-detached house20.4% · 431
Terraced house22.9% · 483
Purpose-built flat32.4% · 682
Converted house10.1% · 212
Other conversion0.6% · 13
Above shop / office1.4% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 8
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.