Electoral wardE05012973

Faringdon ward, Vale of White Horse

Faringdon is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,627 residents in 3,714 households — 590 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Faringdon division.

Residents, 20218,627council ward average 5,810

Households3,7142.32 residents per household

Density590/ km²about 14.62 km² · Vale of White Horse 239

Aged 65+18.2%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 20.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 561

5–96.4% · 553

10–157.6% · 652

16–193.5% · 304

20–244.4% · 376

25–3414.2% · 1,221

35–4920.1% · 1,736

50–6419.2% · 1,654

65–749.5% · 821

75–846.3% · 540

85+2.4% · 209

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.0% · 483

1 car or van42.2% · 1,568

2 cars or vans34.3% · 1,273

3 or more10.5% · 390

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Vale of White Horse overall: 68.3% owned, 14.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.

Owned outright28.6% · 1,064

With mortgage33.1% · 1,229

Shared ownership2.5% · 94

Social rented19.2% · 713

Private rented16.5% · 614

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house29.3% · 1,086

Semi-detached house26.3% · 977

Terraced house25.6% · 952

Purpose-built flat14.5% · 538

Converted house1.6% · 60

Other conversion1.9% · 70

Above shop / office0.7% · 27

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05012973
Council: Vale of White Horse District Council
County council: Oxfordshire County Council
County division: Faringdon
Constituency: Witney
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 9 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Great Faringdon

Other wards in the same constituency

KKingston Bagpuize17.6% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned4,833 TThames22.9% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned3,455 WWatchfield & Shrivenham18.5% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned7,944

All 24 wards of Vale of White Horse

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.