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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005945

Headington

Headington is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,115 residents in Oxford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,115

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,843

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,882.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Far Headingley & Weetwood, Leeds11,848 residents · 62.2% owned · 21.8% no carAddenbrooke's & Queen Edith's, Cambridge11,927 residents · 52.3% owned · 26.9% no carWest Bridgford, Rushcliffe8,957 residents · 50.9% owned · 25.4% no carBerrylands North, Kingston upon Thames6,793 residents · 64.4% owned · 23.1% no carClarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no carHighfield & University, Southampton6,799 residents · 49.5% owned · 26.4% no car

Most similar within Oxford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

North Central Oxford, Oxford6,248 residents · 59.0% owned · 27.0% no carOsney, Jericho & Port Meadow, Oxford6,618 residents · 38.3% owned · 45.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Headington

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned50%
1,922 households
Private rented37%
1,421 households
Social rented11.9%
459 households
Shared ownership1%
38 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached33.9%
1,303 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement23.9%
918 households
Detached22.1%
851 households
Terraced12.1%
465 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.1%
197 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
71 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
36 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.6%
1,789 households
No cars or vans in household30.2%
1,162 households
2 cars or vans in household17.8%
683 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.4%
209 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.2%
1,235 households
3 bedrooms30.4%
1,166 households
2 bedrooms22.6%
869 households
1 bedroom14.9%
571 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.4%
2,127 households
One-person household28.7%
1,102 households
Other household types15.8%
608 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.4%
1,247 households
1 person in household28.7%
1,103 households
3 people in household16.3%
625 households
4 people in household14.3%
550 households
5 people in household5.4%
209 households
6 people in household1.5%
58 households
7 people in household0.8%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,435 residents
15–2934.2%
3,802 residents
30–4419.1%
2,125 residents
45–6419.8%
2,205 residents
65 and over13.9%
1,550 residents
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.4%
7,939 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17.1%
1,897 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
512 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
385 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
384 residents
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57.7%
5,529 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.1%
2,018 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.5%
721 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.6%
535 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.7%
357 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.2%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.4%
4,923 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
4,119 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.6%
534 residents aged 16 and over
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students27.9%
2,673 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
2,222 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
2,017 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.4%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.3%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.1%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
430 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.1%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.3%
6,371 residents
Good health31.4%
3,494 residents
Fair health8.6%
957 residents
Bad health2%
221 residents
Very bad health0.6%
71 residents
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
9,640 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,475 residents
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.7%
2,256 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
1,199 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.9%
305 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.1%
81 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Headington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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