Electoral wardE05011715
Drayton ward, Vale of White Horse
Drayton is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,769 residents in 1,539 households — 275 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Didcot and Wantage constituency; for county elections it is in the Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon division.
Residents, 20213,769council ward average 5,810
Households1,5392.45 residents per household
Density275/ km²about 13.72 km² · Vale of White Horse 239
Aged 65+18.2%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 258
5–96.3% · 238
10–156.8% · 255
16–193.8% · 145
20–244.4% · 164
25–3412.4% · 467
35–4921.0% · 791
50–6420.3% · 765
65–749.8% · 369
75–846.2% · 232
85+2.3% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.6% · 132
1 car or van34.6% · 532
2 cars or vans41.4% · 636
3 or more15.5% · 238
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Vale of White Horse overall: 68.3% owned, 14.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright35.5% · 547
With mortgage37.8% · 582
Shared ownership1.9% · 30
Social rented14.3% · 220
Private rented10.4% · 160
Type of home
Detached house45.2% · 695
Semi-detached house34.7% · 533
Terraced house12.7% · 196
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 68
Converted house1.1% · 17
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011715- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 24
Parishes in the ward
DraytonMilton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlewbury & Harwell16.2% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned9,240GGrove North16.2% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned6,498HHendreds17.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned3,343RRidgeway25.2% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned3,139SStanford22.9% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned3,833SSteventon & the Hanneys20.8% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned4,207SSutton Courtenay18.4% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned3,405WWantage & Grove Brook21.7% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned7,729WWantage Charlton21.4% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned7,211
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.