Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005950

East Central Oxford

East Central Oxford is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,137 residents in Oxford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,137

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,860

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,762.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

51.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in East Central Oxford

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

Tenure

Private rented51%

1,968 households

Owned32.7%

1,261 households

Social rented15.7%

606 households

Shared ownership0.5%

20 households

Lives rent free0.1%

5 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.1%

1,546 households

Semi-detached21.2%

816 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19%

732 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.3%

396 households

Detached5.1%

195 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.9%

113 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%

57 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

2 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.9%

1,733 households

1 car or van in household36.7%

1,414 households

2 cars or vans in household13.9%

538 households

3 or more cars or vans in household4.5%

173 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms34.2%

1,319 households

3 bedrooms23.7%

916 households

2 bedrooms21.2%

818 households

1 bedroom20.9%

805 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household38.3%

1,478 households

Other household types31.8%

1,226 households

One-person household29.9%

1,154 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household29.9%

1,154 households

2 people in household28.3%

1,092 households

3 people in household14.5%

558 households

4 people in household12.8%

493 households

5 people in household6.8%

263 households

6 people in household4.3%

167 households

8 or more people in household1.7%

66 households

7 people in household1.6%

61 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.5%

839 residents

15–2950.2%

5,593 residents

30–4418.9%

2,110 residents

45–6414.8%

1,652 residents

65 and over8.5%

942 residents

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White74.3%

8,271 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15%

1,673 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.7%

521 residents

Other ethnic group3.8%

428 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%

245 residents

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above51.2%

5,244 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications29.1%

2,983 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications8.7%

893 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications4.6%

467 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.3%

337 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications1.7%

171 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship1.5%

154 residents aged 16 and over

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.9%

5,111 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.8%

4,181 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student9.3%

956 residents aged 16 and over

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students44.2%

4,525 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%

1,705 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%

1,346 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations6.7%

682 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations4.6%

467 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations4.4%

453 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%

402 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers3.9%

395 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%

269 residents aged 16 and over

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.7%

6,537 residents

Good health30.4%

3,384 residents

Fair health8.2%

912 residents

Bad health2.2%

240 residents

Very bad health0.6%

64 residents

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.7%

9,548 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act14.3%

1,589 residents

East Central Oxford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.5%

1,986 households

Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%

1,295 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%

468 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%

99 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%

10 households

East Central Oxford · 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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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02005950

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East Central Oxford

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in East Central Oxford

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.