Electoral wardE05013119
Wolvercote ward, Oxford
Wolvercote is one of 24 electoral wards of Oxford City Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,874 residents in 2,062 households — 1,450 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Wolvercote & Cutteslowe division.
Residents, 20214,874council ward average 6,752
Households2,0622.36 residents per household
Density1,450/ km²about 3.36 km² · Oxford 3,554
Aged 65+21.3%Oxford: 11.7% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 215
5–96.0% · 291
10–158.3% · 406
16–194.4% · 216
20–244.3% · 211
25–3411.1% · 540
35–4919.3% · 939
50–6420.9% · 1,017
65–7410.8% · 525
75–847.4% · 360
85+3.2% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.1% · 476
1 car or van49.3% · 1,016
2 cars or vans22.3% · 459
3 or more5.4% · 111
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Oxford overall: 45.3% owned, 20.9% social rented, 32.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.2% · 788
With mortgage23.9% · 493
Shared ownership1.3% · 26
Social rented15.8% · 326
Private rented20.7% · 426
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house22.9% · 472
Semi-detached house37.2% · 766
Terraced house18.6% · 384
Purpose-built flat19.2% · 395
Converted house1.7% · 36
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013119- Council
- Oxford City Council
- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Wolvercote & Cutteslowe
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
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.