South Oxfordshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£780,125

Semi-detached

£455,911

Terraced

£374,711

Flat or maisonette

£237,655

First-time buyers

£383,299

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  119,988 in 1991 → 156,470 in 2024 (+30.4%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £238,655 in 2005 → £476,026 in 2026 (+99.5%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £433 in 2008 → £819 in 2025 (+89.2%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  77.8% in 2004 → 84.0% in 2023 (+8.0%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  0.7% in 2001 → 1.9% in 2025 (+171.4%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £15,409 in 1997 → £35,652 in 2024 (+131.4%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for South Oxfordshire; 29 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Qualified to A level or above · Education & skills86.0% (2023) · 4th highest of 348
• Three-year business survival · Economy & work66.9% (2021) · 11th highest of 374
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing17.6 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 9th lowest of 292
• Median weekly pay · Economy & work£819 (April 2025) · 17th highest of 359

Where it ranks worst

• Business births · Economy & work8.5% (2024) · 313th highest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access15 min (2019) · 274th lowest of 326
• Housing affordability · Housing9.3× earnings (April 2025) · 236th lowest of 316
• Home gas use · Environment10,536 kWh (2024/25) · 259th lowest of 347

These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Oxfordshire, which includes South Oxfordshire.

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)82.1 years · England 80.0 · 12th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.4 years · England 83.8 · 16th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)65.4 years · England 60.9 · 11th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)66.6 years · England 61.3 · 12th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)250.2 per 100k · England 321.0 · 15th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.5% · England 10.4 · 21st lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)59.2% · England 64.6 · 30th lowest of 153

These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Oxfordshire, which includes South Oxfordshire.

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)70.4% · England 68.3 · 41st highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)46.4 score · England 46.0 · 60th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)8.1% · England 5.8 · 134th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)10.4% · England 19.8 · 13th lowest of 153