Electoral wardE05011718
Thames ward, Vale of White Horse
Thames is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,455 residents in 1,393 households — 47 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Kingston & Stanford and Marcham & Cumnor divisions.
Residents, 20213,455council ward average 5,810
Households1,3932.48 residents per household
Density47/ km²about 73.35 km² · Vale of White Horse 239
Aged 65+22.9%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 129
5–95.3% · 182
10–158.9% · 308
16–194.0% · 138
20–243.5% · 120
25–348.1% · 281
35–4918.0% · 623
50–6425.6% · 884
65–7413.0% · 449
75–847.0% · 241
85+2.9% · 100
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.0% · 56
1 car or van29.1% · 405
2 cars or vans44.4% · 619
3 or more22.5% · 314
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Vale of White Horse overall: 68.3% owned, 14.2% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright42.8% · 597
With mortgage32.8% · 458
Shared ownership1.2% · 17
Social rented7.8% · 109
Private rented15.3% · 214
Type of home
Detached house50.5% · 703
Semi-detached house33.9% · 472
Terraced house13.4% · 186
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 12
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011718- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Kingston & Stanford, Marcham & Cumnor
- Constituency
- Witney
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Appleton-with-EatonBesselsleighBucklandFyfield and TubneyHinton WaldristLittleworthLongworthPusey
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.