Watchfield & Shrivenham ward, Vale of White Horse

Watchfield & Shrivenham is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,944 residents in 3,209 households — 80 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Faringdon and Shrivenham divisions.

Residents, 20217,944council ward average 5,810

Households3,2092.48 residents per household

Density80/ km²about 99.18 km² · Vale of White Horse 239

Aged 65+18.5%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 20.3%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 508

5–96.6% · 524

10–157.3% · 578

16–193.6% · 286

20–243.8% · 300

25–3412.0% · 956

35–4921.3% · 1,694

50–6420.5% · 1,629

65–7410.4% · 825

75–846.3% · 500

85+1.8% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.1% · 229

1 car or van36.5% · 1,173

2 cars or vans40.4% · 1,296

3 or more16.0% · 513

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.2% · 1,034

With mortgage26.9% · 863

Shared ownership2.1% · 68

Social rented15.2% · 487

Private rented23.6% · 756

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house45.7% · 1,468

Semi-detached house34.7% · 1,114

Terraced house14.3% · 459

Purpose-built flat3.6% · 117

Converted house0.5% · 17

Other conversion0.3% · 11

Above shop / office0.6% · 19

Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05012980
Council: Vale of White Horse District Council
County council: Oxfordshire County Council
County division: Faringdon, Shrivenham
Constituency: Witney
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 20 of 24

Parishes in the ward

AshburyBourtonBuscotColeshillCompton BeauchampEaton HastingsFernhamGreat CoxwellLittle CoxwellLongcotShrivenhamWatchfield

Other wards in the same constituency

FFaringdon18.2% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned8,627 KKingston Bagpuize17.6% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned4,833 TThames22.9% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned3,455

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.