South Oxfordshire District Council

Local authority area: South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is a district council in Oxfordshire, in the South East England region of England. It covers 678.5 km² and had 151,820 residents in 2022 — about 224 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Milton.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for South Oxfordshire, 2011–2022.

Residents, 2022151,820+13.1% since 2011

Land area678.5km²262.0 sq mi

Density224/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#188of 382 UK councils · #163 in England

Population estimates5 data points

134.3K135.5K137.4K140.5K151.8K

20112012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
South Oxfordshire became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Oxfordshire

All councils in South East

Cherwell164,155 Oxford163,257 Vale of White Horse142,116 West Oxfordshire116,928

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 150,286 residents in 61,998 households across the wards; 20.5% aged 65+, 70.2% of homes owned, 10.8% of households without a car.

1Thame5,596 households · 21.4% aged 65+13,268 2Didcot South5,365 households · 14.0% aged 65+13,231 3Henley-on-Thames5,585 households · 24.7% aged 65+12,187 4Didcot North East4,435 households · 8.7% aged 65+10,461 5Woodcote & Rotherfield3,913 households · 22.9% aged 65+10,204 6Chinnor3,792 households · 21.5% aged 65+9,312

All wards of South Oxfordshire

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TWallingford Town Council OfficesTown council · Wallingford OX10 8DL · hours listed PWatlington Parish CouncilParish council · Watlington OX49 5QH

Westminster

Constituencies

Henley and Thame · 15 wards Didcot and Wantage · 6 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1776967 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.