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Electoral wardE05006651
Witney South ward, West Oxfordshire
Witney South is one of 27 electoral wards of West Oxfordshire District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,286 residents in 2,854 households — 3,101 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Witney South & Central and Witney West & Ducklington divisions.
Residents, 20216,286council ward average 4,231
Households2,8542.2 residents per household
Density3,101/ km²about 2.03 km² · West Oxfordshire 160
Aged 65+24.0%West Oxfordshire: 21.7% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 273
5–95.0% · 317
10–155.7% · 359
16–193.7% · 231
20–245.8% · 364
25–3413.7% · 862
35–4917.7% · 1,113
50–6420.0% · 1,256
65–7411.4% · 718
75–848.3% · 521
85+4.3% · 273
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.7% · 620
1 car or van41.8% · 1,192
2 cars or vans26.8% · 765
3 or more9.7% · 277
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Oxfordshire overall: 66.8% owned, 13.3% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright37.7% · 1,078
With mortgage24.2% · 692
Shared ownership2.1% · 61
Social rented17.3% · 494
Private rented18.6% · 531
Type of home
Detached house13.3% · 380
Semi-detached house39.5% · 1,129
Terraced house26.7% · 762
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 478
Converted house1.3% · 36
Other conversion1.0% · 28
Above shop / office1.4% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05006651- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Witney South & Central, Witney West & Ducklington
- Constituency
- Witney
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 Central20.3% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned5,949WWitney East17.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned7,822
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.