Housing in OX2 8PU
What the homes in OX2 8PU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Wolvercote & Cutteslowe
- Council
- Oxford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,919 (2024)
OX2 8PUOxford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (53.7%). Flats make up 10.3%, less than half the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
66.2% of households in the OX2 8PU area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 14% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 38.2% own outright and 28.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned66.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership3%1%
- Private rented14%20.5%
- Social rented16.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 27.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (25.8%). 33.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Oxford
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Oxford (August 2026, +3.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around OX2 8PU (Wolvercote & Cutteslowe) (about 1,919 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.