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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005948

Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow

Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,618 residents in Oxford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,618

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,735

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,068.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

38.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

45.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.1%

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.

Petersfield, Cambridge8,230 residents · 41.9% owned · 46.9% no carClarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no carNewtown, Cambridge6,228 residents · 34.6% owned · 44.6% no carFulford Road & Clementhorpe, York11,774 residents · 48.4% owned · 33.5% no carRomsey, Cambridge10,189 residents · 44.2% owned · 37.8% no carWithington West, Manchester6,673 residents · 41.2% owned · 30.8% no car

Most similar within Oxford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Grandpont & New Hinksey, Oxford5,578 residents · 49.5% owned · 37.3% no carHeadington, Oxford11,115 residents · 50.0% owned · 30.2% no carIffley Fields, Oxford6,017 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow

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

Tenure

Private rented45.4%
1,241 households
Owned38.3%
1,048 households
Social rented15.5%
425 households
Shared ownership0.7%
20 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.7%
1,330 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28%
764 households
Semi-detached12.2%
333 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.3%
144 households
Detached3.5%
95 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
28 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
26 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
12 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household45.3%
1,239 households
1 car or van in household42.9%
1,173 households
2 cars or vans in household9.7%
266 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.1%
58 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.1%
931 households
3 bedrooms27.2%
745 households
4 or more bedrooms20%
548 households
1 bedroom18.7%
510 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.7%
1,331 households
One-person household34.5%
942 households
Other household types16.9%
461 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
958 households
1 person in household34.5%
942 households
3 people in household13.5%
370 households
4 people in household11%
301 households
5 people in household3.4%
92 households
7 people in household1.4%
37 households
6 people in household1%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.1%
803 residents
15–2934.9%
2,311 residents
30–4421.9%
1,449 residents
45–6419.6%
1,296 residents
65 and over11.5%
759 residents
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77%
5,094 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.2%
872 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.9%
323 residents
Other ethnic group2.8%
187 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.1%
141 residents
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.1%
3,818 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
877 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.1%
297 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.6%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.5%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.4%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.5%
3,035 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
2,407 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.8%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students28.6%
1,652 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations27%
1,560 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
983 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.3%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.1%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
259 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.3%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.2%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.8%
3,825 residents
Good health30.9%
2,044 residents
Fair health8.7%
574 residents
Bad health2.2%
143 residents
Very bad health0.5%
32 residents
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
5,681 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
938 residents
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.1%
1,614 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
821 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.6%
234 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow · 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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