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West Oxfordshire District Council

Local authority area: West Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire is a district council in Oxfordshire, in the South East England region of England. It covers 714.4 km² and had 116,928 residents in 2022 — about 164 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Witney.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall, Witney

People

Population

Estimates recorded for West Oxfordshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022116,928+9.2% since 2012

Land area714.4km²275.8 sq mi

Density164/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#270of 382 UK councils · #228 in England

Population estimates4 data points

107.1K108.6K109.8K116.9K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
West Oxfordshire became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Oxfordshire

All councils in South East

Cherwell164,155 Oxford163,257 South Oxfordshire151,820 Vale of White Horse142,116

Elections

27 electoral wards

Census 2021: 114,236 residents in 47,980 households across the wards; 21.7% aged 65+, 66.8% of homes owned, 11.5% of households without a car.

1Witney East3,289 households · 17.3% aged 65+7,822 2Chipping Norton3,251 households · 24.6% aged 65+7,250 3Eynsham and Cassington2,789 households · 24.9% aged 65+6,456 4Witney South2,854 households · 24.0% aged 65+6,286 5Carterton North East2,325 households · 8.4% aged 65+6,065 6Witney Central2,559 households · 20.3% aged 65+5,949

All wards of West Oxfordshire

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TTown HallTown hall · Carterton OX18 3JL · hours listed PBampton Parish CouncilParish council · Bampton OX18 2JH

Westminster

Constituencies

Witney · 17 wards Banbury · 5 wards Bicester and Woodstock · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1776955 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.