Electoral wardE05013117
Temple Cowley ward, Oxford
Temple Cowley is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,911 residents in 2,467 households — 3,543 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford East constituency; for county elections it is in the Cowley division.
Residents, 20216,911council ward average 6,752
Households2,4672.8 residents per household
Density3,543/ km²about 1.95 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+8.5%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 353
5–94.5% · 309
10–155.3% · 368
16–196.6% · 458
20–249.4% · 649
25–3422.1% · 1,527
35–4924.0% · 1,658
50–6414.5% · 1,000
65–745.2% · 358
75–842.3% · 159
85+1.1% · 73
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.9% · 738
1 car or van48.4% · 1,193
2 cars or vans16.6% · 410
3 or more5.1% · 126
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.
Owned outright21.6% · 533
With mortgage22.0% · 542
Shared ownership3.9% · 95
Social rented15.0% · 371
Private rented37.4% · 922
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house7.1% · 174
Semi-detached house34.8% · 859
Terraced house24.6% · 607
Purpose-built flat26.6% · 656
Converted house4.0% · 98
Other conversion1.9% · 46
Above shop / office1.1% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013117- Council
- Oxford City Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Cowley
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton & Sandhills10.2% aged 65+ · 38.2% owned7,271BBlackbird Leys12.3% aged 65+ · 35.7% owned6,387CChurchill8.9% aged 65+ · 28.6% owned7,621CCowley11.5% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned7,665DDonnington9.1% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned7,238HHeadington17.3% aged 65+ · 52.0% owned7,115HHeadington Hill & Northway10.0% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned6,507HHinksey Park13.9% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned5,578LLittlemore12.0% aged 65+ · 46.3% owned6,230LLye Valley9.7% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned7,122MMarston15.9% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned7,332NNorthfield Brook9.4% aged 65+ · 32.5% owned7,080QQuarry & Risinghurst16.1% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned7,088RRose Hill & Iffley15.4% aged 65+ · 46.1% owned7,083
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.