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Wootton ward, Vale of White Horse

Wootton is one of 24 electoral wards of Vale of White Horse District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,662 residents in 1,441 households — 466 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency; for county elections it is in the Kennington & Radley and Marcham & Cumnor divisions.

Residents, 20213,662council ward average 5,810
Households1,4412.54 residents per household
Density466/ km²about 7.85 km² · Vale of White Horse 239
Aged 65+22.3%Vale of White Horse: 19.8% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 156
5–96.1% · 225
10–1510.4% · 381
16–194.3% · 157
20–244.3% · 157
25–349.0% · 330
35–4917.9% · 656
50–6421.4% · 782
65–7411.6% · 425
75–848.1% · 296
85+2.6% · 95

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.6% · 124
1 car or van35.5% · 512
2 cars or vans37.3% · 538
3 or more18.5% · 267
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.2% · 593
With mortgage29.7% · 428
Shared ownership0.7% · 10
Social rented15.8% · 228
Private rented12.6% · 181

Type of home

Detached house50.9% · 733
Semi-detached house29.8% · 430
Terraced house10.2% · 147
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 99
Converted house1.5% · 22
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
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.