Housing in OX4 3BW
What the homes in OX4 3BW are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cowley South & Iffley
- Council
- Oxford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,172 (2024)
OX4 3BWOxford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (61.9%). Flats make up 18.5%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
56% of households in the OX4 3BW area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 32.4% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 24% own outright and 32% with a mortgage.
- Owned56%61.3%
- Shared ownership1%1%
- Private rented32.4%20.5%
- Social rented9.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.9%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.0 people living in it. 23.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (29.1%). 19.3% 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 OX4 3BW (Cowley South & Iffley) (about 2,172 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.