West Oxfordshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£659,741

Semi-detached

£412,427

Terraced

£336,966

Flat or maisonette

£211,314

First-time buyers

£337,395

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

  90,973 in 1991 → 120,941 in 2024 (+32.9%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £236,466 in 2005 → £418,586 in 2026 (+77.0%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £440 in 2008 → £650 in 2025 (+47.8%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  82.2% in 2004 → 90.4% in 2023 (+10.0%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  0.5% in 2001 → 1.8% in 2025 (+260.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £14,528 in 1997 → £32,992 in 2024 (+127.1%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for West Oxfordshire; 30 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

• Employment rate · Economy & work90.4% (2023) · 2nd highest of 348
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing15.6 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 1st lowest of 292
• Economic inactivity · Economy & work9.6% (2023) · 3rd lowest of 348
• Claimant count · Economy & work1.8% (2025) · 11th lowest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• No qualifications · Education & skills14.9% (2023) · 285th lowest of 293
• Business births · Economy & work8.9% (2024) · 291st highest of 361
• Qualified to A level or above · Education & skills59.2% (2023) · 282nd highest of 348
• Library within a 30-minute walk · Connectivity & access59% (May 2024) · 243rd highest of 318

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