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Electoral wardE05006648
Witney Central ward, West Oxfordshire
Witney Central is one of 27 electoral wards of West Oxfordshire District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,949 residents in 2,559 households — 3,946 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Witney South & Central division.
Residents, 20215,949council ward average 4,231
Households2,5592.32 residents per household
Density3,946/ km²about 1.51 km² · West Oxfordshire 160
Aged 65+20.3%West Oxfordshire: 21.7% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 320
5–96.3% · 372
10–157.8% · 465
16–194.2% · 250
20–245.4% · 324
25–3414.9% · 885
35–4918.9% · 1,126
50–6416.8% · 1,002
65–749.2% · 549
75–846.9% · 411
85+4.1% · 246
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.3% · 520
1 car or van46.0% · 1,176
2 cars or vans24.9% · 636
3 or more8.8% · 225
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Oxfordshire overall: 66.8% owned, 13.3% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright27.6% · 706
With mortgage19.4% · 496
Shared ownership4.7% · 120
Social rented29.0% · 741
Private rented19.3% · 493
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.9% · 433
Semi-detached house39.3% · 1,004
Terraced house18.3% · 469
Purpose-built flat21.0% · 536
Converted house1.0% · 25
Other conversion1.6% · 40
Above shop / office1.9% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05006648- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Witney South & Central
- Constituency
- Witney
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Witney
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlvescot and Filkins20.1% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned1,823AAscott and Shipton30.1% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned2,175BBampton and Clanfield23.6% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned4,203BBrize Norton and Shilton13.1% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned3,536BBurford35.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned1,977CCarterton North East8.4% aged 65+ · 51.8% owned6,065CCarterton North West15.1% aged 65+ · 60.7% owned5,444CCarterton South19.0% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned4,173DDucklington22.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned2,420HHailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield26.5% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned4,125MMilton-under-Wychwood27.2% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned2,247SStandlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt23.8% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned4,586WWitney East17.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned7,822WWitney North24.6% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned3,951
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.