Electoral wardE05009769
Ridgeway ward, Vale of White Horse
Ridgeway is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,139 residents in 1,346 households — 52 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Didcot and Wantage constituency; for county elections it is in the Shrivenham and Wantage West divisions.
Residents, 20213,139council ward average 5,810
Households1,3462.33 residents per household
Density52/ km²about 59.79 km² · Vale of White Horse 239
Aged 65+25.2%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 143
5–95.6% · 177
10–156.2% · 194
16–194.0% · 127
20–244.2% · 131
25–348.9% · 281
35–4916.0% · 503
50–6425.3% · 796
65–7410.8% · 341
75–848.2% · 258
85+6.1% · 193
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.6% · 129
1 car or van32.9% · 443
2 cars or vans38.4% · 517
3 or more19.1% · 257
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Vale of White Horse overall: 68.3% owned, 14.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright43.3% · 581
With mortgage29.9% · 401
Shared ownership0.7% · 10
Social rented13.5% · 181
Private rented12.7% · 170
Type of home
Detached house40.8% · 549
Semi-detached house37.3% · 502
Terraced house10.0% · 134
Purpose-built flat10.3% · 139
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.8% · 11
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05009769- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Shrivenham, Wantage West
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 24
Parishes in the ward
ChildreyEast ChallowKingston LisleLetcombe BassettLetcombe RegisSparsholtWest Challow
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlewbury & Harwell16.2% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned9,240DDrayton18.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,769GGrove North16.2% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned6,498HHendreds17.7% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned3,343SStanford22.9% 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.