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Electoral wardE05006652
Witney West ward, West Oxfordshire
Witney West is one of 27 electoral wards of West Oxfordshire District Council, in Oxfordshire (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,621 residents in 2,417 households — 2,543 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Witney constituency; for county elections it is in the Witney West & Ducklington division.
Residents, 20215,621council ward average 4,231
Households2,4172.33 residents per household
Density2,543/ km²about 2.21 km² · West Oxfordshire 160
Aged 65+13.7%West Oxfordshire: 21.7% · under 16: 19.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 381
5–96.2% · 349
10–156.4% · 362
16–193.3% · 185
20–245.7% · 321
25–3417.3% · 973
35–4920.7% · 1,162
50–6419.9% · 1,116
65–747.2% · 406
75–844.0% · 227
85+2.4% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 237
1 car or van40.8% · 986
2 cars or vans38.7% · 935
3 or more10.7% · 259
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; West Oxfordshire overall: 66.8% owned, 13.3% social rented, 17.9% private rented.
Owned outright29.9% · 723
With mortgage42.3% · 1,023
Shared ownership4.0% · 96
Social rented8.7% · 209
Private rented15.1% · 364
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.3% · 854
Semi-detached house31.9% · 772
Terraced house22.5% · 544
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 230
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05006652- County council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- County division
- Witney West & Ducklington
- Constituency
- Witney
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 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.