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Oxfordshire County Council
Local authority area: Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county council, in the South East England region of England. It covers 2,604.9 km² and had 738,276 residents in 2022 — about 283 people per km². The council is based in Oxford.
Town hall in the administrative centreOxford Town Hall
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Oxfordshire, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022738,276+11.7% since 2012
Land area2,604.9km²1,005.8 sq mi
Density283/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#17of 382 UK councils · #17 in England
Population estimates4 data points
660.8K677.8K687.5K738.3K
2012201520182022
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Elections
69 county electoral divisions
Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.
| Division | District | Wards | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon East | Vale of White Horse | 2 | 13,015 |
| Abingdon North | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 18,994 |
| Abingdon South | Vale of White Horse | 2 | 14,078 |
| Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote | Cherwell | 2 | 19,603 |
| Bampton & Carterton South | West Oxfordshire | 4 | 14,785 |
| Banbury Calthorpe | Cherwell | 4 | 42,335 |
| Banbury Easington | Cherwell | 3 | 31,912 |
| Banbury Grimsbury & Castle | Cherwell | 2 | 20,680 |
| Banbury Hardwick | Cherwell | 2 | 18,858 |
| Banbury Ruscote | Cherwell | 3 | 33,508 |
| Bartlemas | Oxford | 3 | 20,474 |
| Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst | Oxford | 2 | 14,359 |
| Benson & Crowmarsh | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 12,657 |
| Berinsfield & Garsington | South Oxfordshire | 3 | 11,661 |
| Bicester East | Cherwell | 2 | 22,913 |
| Bicester North | Cherwell | 3 | 27,738 |
| Bicester South | Cherwell | 2 | 23,114 |
| Bicester West | Cherwell | 2 | 23,001 |
| Brize Norton & Carterton East | West Oxfordshire | 3 | 13,774 |
| Burford & Carterton West | West Oxfordshire | 5 | 16,905 |
| Chalgrove & Thame West | South Oxfordshire | 4 | 24,627 |
| Charlbury & Wychwood | West Oxfordshire | 6 | 18,624 |
| Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 19,794 |
| Chesterton & Launton | Cherwell | 3 | 27,851 |
| Chinnor | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 13,689 |
| Chipping Norton | West Oxfordshire | 2 | 11,548 |
| Cholsey & The Hagbournes | South Oxfordshire | 4 | 36,899 |
| Churchill & Lye Valley | Oxford | 2 | 14,743 |
| Cowley | Oxford | 3 | 20,963 |
| Cropredy & Hook Norton | Cherwell | 2 | 18,054 |
| Deddington | Cherwell | 2 | 19,162 |
| Didcot Ladygrove | South Oxfordshire | 1 | 10,461 |
| Didcot South | South Oxfordshire | 1 | 13,231 |
| Didcot West | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 21,724 |
| Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon | Vale of White Horse | 4 | 14,724 |
| Eynsham | West Oxfordshire | 2 | 11,042 |
| Faringdon | Vale of White Horse | 2 | 16,571 |
| Goring & Woodcote | South Oxfordshire | 3 | 17,935 |
| Grove | Vale of White Horse | 2 | 10,705 |
| Hanborough & Hailey | West Oxfordshire | 3 | 11,271 |
| Harwell, Western Valley & Blewbury | Vale of White Horse | 1 | 9,240 |
| Headington & Quarry | Oxford | 3 | 20,710 |
| Henley | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 22,391 |
| Isis | Oxford | 4 | 27,145 |
| Jericho & Osney | Oxford | 2 | 14,570 |
| Kennington & Radley | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 18,296 |
| Kidlington East | Cherwell | 1 | 9,754 |
| Kidlington North & Otmoor | Cherwell | 2 | 18,214 |
| Kidlington West | Cherwell | 1 | 9,254 |
| Kingston & Stanford | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 12,121 |
| Leys | Oxford | 2 | 13,467 |
| Marcham & Cumnor | Vale of White Horse | 5 | 22,675 |
| Marston & Northway | Oxford | 2 | 13,839 |
| North Hinksey | Vale of White Horse | 2 | 13,794 |
| Parks | Oxford | 3 | 17,800 |
| Rose Hill & Littlemore | Oxford | 3 | 20,978 |
| Shrivenham | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 14,916 |
| Sonning Common & Henley South | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 20,001 |
| Summertown & Walton Manor | Oxford | 3 | 19,093 |
| Thame | South Oxfordshire | 1 | 13,268 |
| Wallingford | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 17,732 |
| Wantage West | Vale of White Horse | 3 | 18,079 |
| Watlington & Rotherfield | South Oxfordshire | 2 | 14,251 |
| Wheatley | South Oxfordshire | 3 | 11,524 |
| Witney North & East | West Oxfordshire | 2 | 11,773 |
| Witney South & Central | West Oxfordshire | 3 | 20,057 |
| Witney West & Ducklington | West Oxfordshire | 3 | 14,327 |
| Wolvercote & Cutteslowe | Oxford | 2 | 11,690 |
| Woodstock | West Oxfordshire | 3 | 10,904 |
Source: Wikidata Q23169 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.