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Electoral wardE05012854

Sonning Common ward, South Oxfordshire

Sonning Common is one of 21 electoral wards of South Oxfordshire District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,814 residents in 3,080 households — 237 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Henley and Thame constituency; for county elections it is in the Sonning Common & Henley South division.

Residents, 20217,814council ward average 7,156
Households3,0802.54 residents per household
Density237/ km²about 32.91 km² · South Oxfordshire 208
Aged 65+25.8%South Oxfordshire: 20.5% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 355
5–95.5% · 428
10–158.4% · 657
16–195.1% · 402
20–243.6% · 285
25–347.6% · 590
35–4917.0% · 1,325
50–6422.5% · 1,756
65–7411.4% · 888
75–849.5% · 743
85+4.9% · 385

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.4% · 259
1 car or van33.8% · 1,042
2 cars or vans39.0% · 1,201
3 or more18.8% · 578
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Oxfordshire overall: 70.2% owned, 12.0% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright45.2% · 1,391
With mortgage31.0% · 955
Shared ownership1.2% · 36
Social rented10.8% · 332
Private rented11.9% · 365
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house54.6% · 1,681
Semi-detached house29.0% · 894
Terraced house9.3% · 288
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 160
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 12
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012854
County division
Sonning Common & Henley South
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Region
South East
Density rank in council
9 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Binfield HeathEye and DunsdenHarpsdenShiplakeSonning Common

Other wards in the same constituency

BBenson & Crowmarsh20.1% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned8,520BBerinsfield21.5% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned4,137CChalgrove22.4% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned3,319CChinnor21.5% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned9,312FForest Hill & Holton22.5% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned3,663GGarsington & Horspath27.5% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned3,595GGoring31.9% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,955HHaseley Brook19.1% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned4,377HHenley-on-Thames24.7% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned12,187KKidmore End & Whitchurch22.9% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned3,776TThame21.4% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned13,268WWatlington24.9% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned4,047WWheatley24.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned4,266WWoodcote & Rotherfield22.9% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned10,204

All 21 wards of South Oxfordshire

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.