West Oxfordshire

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     Location: South East England

     Population: 104,800 (ONS, census 2011)

     Interesting facts:Former comedian Ronnie Barker ran The Emporium antique shop in Chipping Norton after his retirement from showbusiness in 1987.

Sir Winston Churchill was born in a ladies toilet during a dance at Blenheim Palace
Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire is a member of the Rural Services Network and falls
under the branch of our service called SPARSE Rural.
A list of all the SPARSE Rural members (from the Predominantly Rural Councils) can be found here.

 

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West Oxfordshire Information
Phone number
01993 861000		 Website
www.westoxon.gov.uk		 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)
Oxfordshire LEP
Frequency of elections
Election by thirds		 Number of councillors
49		 Political composition
Conservative - 41
Liberal Democrat - 4
Labour - 4
MPs
Witney - David William Donald Cameron (Conservative)		 Decision making structure
Leader and a Cabinet		 Population change
One Year Population Change
+ 1,300 (1.27%)
Ten Year Population Change
+ 8,200 (8.58%)
Police Authority
Thames Valley Police Authority		 Fire Service
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue		 Health Authority
South Central Strategic Health Authority
Area
71,494 Hectares		 Super Sparsity Indicator
0.1320		 Audited by
Southern Region (Audit Commission)
Rural Classification (Birbeck)
Predominently Rural (Rural 80)		 Population by Area- (Density)
1.43 people per hectare		 Number of Parishes
81
Number of Parish Meetings
27		 Number of Parish Councils
48		 Number of Town Councils
6
Average house price
£249,428 (Jan - March 2010)
£283,073 (Oct - Dec 2010)
£291,554 (July - Sept 2011)
£289,388 (Oct - Dec 2011)
£313,477 (July - Sept 2012)
£293,881 (Oct - Dec 2012)		 Outsourced Services
Leisure centre - Nexus community, Waste collection services up to October 2010 - Veolia, Waste collection services after October 2010 - May Gurney		 Average age of population
41.1 (2011 Census data)
Main Towns
Witney, Woodstock, Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton		 Unemployment rate
1.3% (JSA claimants for December 2012)		 Current Council Tax
(amount reported is the amount received by the Council - no other services are included)
2010/2011 Council Tax - £81.63
2011/2012 Council Tax - £81.63
2012/2013 Council Tax - £81.63
2013/2014 Council Tax - £81.63
Percentage of households which are second homes/holiday accommodation
1.61% (Department for Communities and Local Government, October 2012)		 Percentage of population who have reported they are in very good health
51.5% (2011 Census data)		 Percentage of employed people who have less than 2km to travel to work
34%
Employed by Occupation
Percentage of people aged 16 and over who are in Social Major Group 1-3
46.3% (2011 Census data)		 Average annual wage for full time employees
  1. 2009 Workplaced Based Median - £25,559
    2010 Workplaced Based Median - £25,262
    2011 Workplaced Based Median - £25,567
  2. 2009 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,788
    2010 Workplaced Based Mean - £30,077
    2011 Workplaced Based Mean - £29,785
  3. 2009 Resident Based Median - £28,435
    2010 Resident Based Median - £30,037
    2011 Resident Based Median - £29,288
  4. 2009 Resident Based Mean - £35,607
    2010 Resident Based Mean - £40,352
    2011 Resident Based Mean - £39,924
 Percentage of those employed in full time employment
45.4% (2011 Census data)
Cars or vans owned per household
(2011 Census data)
No cars or vans - 11.9%
1 car or van - 40.7%
2 cars or vans - 35.4%
3 cars or vans - 8.7%
4 or more cars and vans - 3.3%		 Local Newspapers
Witney Gazette, The Oxford Mail/Oxford Times, Banbury Guardian, Cotswold Journal		 National Park/AONBs
The Cotswolds (AONB)
MP with ** beside their name are members of the APPG on Rural Services.

Detail and Analysis for West Oxfordshire

localcommunitiesLocal Communities 'Link' service

Organisations within your authority who receive free community service as a benefit of your membership.

    fairerfundingFairer Funding

    The most up-to-date analysis of your authority's grant allocation position.

    performanceprofilingPerformance Profiling

    A review of how your authority is performing compared with all rural authorities and other key benchmarks.

    Economy
    Housing     Environment Authority Performance

    financialanalysisFinancial Analysis

    An analysis of your authority's costs compared with other rural authorities and key benchmarks.

    Revenue Estimate (RA) Analysis
    Revenue Outturn (RO) Analysis

    economicintelligenceEconomic Intelligence

    The latest economic data for your authority compared with key benchmarks to assist local economic assesments.
    RSN Economic Profiling Service
    - Analysis of the economic profiling service results for 2012
    - Analysis of the vulnerability index results for 2012

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    The Observatory opens the window to a statistical view of rural life. It provides analyses and comment on key service provision and issues affecting rural communities (Click here to visit this section)

    Rural Dashboard:
    The Rural Dashboard provides analyses on a number of key economic indicators to paint a picture of the rural position (Click here to view these analyses)

    Rural Living:
    Rural Living is a section of analyses that pulls together information on a number of subjects ranging from access to key services, speed of broadband, to issues of health (Click here to view these analyses)

    Rural Business:
    We work with the Federation of Small Businesses to compile and inter-relate rural statistics provided by their surveys (Click here to view these analyses)

    Rural Leisure:
    How rural communities spend their leisure time provides insight to the desire, the need and the opportunity in accessing appropriate recreational facilities and spaces (Click here to view these analyses)

    Rural Transport:
    Issues of transportation and accessing services can be a particular concern both for those living in rural isolation and those providing services (Click here to view these analyses)

    Rural Housing & Environment:
    Analysis on key issues affecting housing and the environment for example fuel poverty and second home analysis (Click here to view these analyses)
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    Click here for further details about the Rural Services Network and the SPARSE Rural branch of the organisation.

    Diagrams illustrating the structure of the organisation can also be found here.

    Our Major Documents

    Implications of National Funding Formulae for Rural Health and Education Summary Report of the Implications of National Funding Formulae for Rural Health and Education Rural Services Manifesto 2010 2010 Rural Review of Services Report
    LG Futures Report on the Cost of Providing Services in Rural Areas 2011 2011 State of Rural Services Report Local Government Resource Review - Response to DCLG 2011

     
    (All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
    (Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)

     

    A local insight

    The RSN is asking Councils to give a local rural perspective through answers to the two questions set out below. This process is ongoing, but we hope to be given first replies for this year by the end of 2011. The boxes below will be completed as we hear back from authorities. Information given will be incorporated into Rural Services Network reports, representations and programmes.

    One area of policy undertaken by West Oxfordshire District Council where (in their rural areas) they felt they have made real progress in the last year:
    Comment
    One area of policy delivery undertaken by West Oxfordshire District Council where (in their rural areas) they consider they still face or now face a significant challenge:
    Comment

    (All factual information on these pages is updated annually by the RSN)
    (Information given via links will however be updated as new information becomes available)

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