Housing in SN7 8SL
What the homes in SN7 8SL are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Faringdon & Stanford
- Council
- Vale of White Horse
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,607 (2024)
SN7 8SLFaringdon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.8%). Flats make up 46.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
49.8% of households in the SN7 8SL area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 26.6% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 26.2% own outright and 23.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned49.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.8%1%
- Private rented26.6%20.5%
- Social rented21.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 45.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (27.5%). 17.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Vale of White Horse
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Vale of White Horse (August 2026, +2.9% 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 SN7 8SL (Faringdon & Stanford) (about 1,607 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.