Housing in OX4 3DA
What the homes in OX4 3DA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cowley North
- Council
- Oxford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,949 (2024)
OX4 3DAOxford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (37.5%). Flats make up 45.4%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
29.3% of households in the OX4 3DA area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 44.3% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 14.1% own outright and 15.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned29.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.4%1%
- Private rented44.3%20.5%
- Social rented24%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.7 people living in it. 28.2% 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 (28.5%). 15.7% 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 3DA (Cowley North) (about 2,949 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.