Oxford is one of the youngest, most diverse,and prosperous cities in England. It also facessignificant problems due to the high cost ofhousing, and there are wide variations in healthoutcomes. The Oxford Profile is an overview of thekey statistics that describe the city of Oxford.

1. Population growth 2006-2016. Mid-year estimates, Officefor National Statistics.

2. Full-time students and schoolchildren aged 18 years andover, as percentage of all aged over 18 years, 2011 Census,Office for National Statistics.

3. Percentage of total population who had a different addresslast year, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics.

4. Percentage of usual residents aged 18-29 years, 2011Census, Office for National Statistics.

5. Percentage of usual residents not describing themselves asWhite British, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics.

6. Percentage of usual residents born outside the UK, 2011Census, Office for National Statistics.

7. Jobs in 'knowledge-intensive' industrial sectors, BusinessRegister and Employment Survey 2015, Office for Nationalstatistics. This is a broad definition that includes financialservices, information technology, hi-tech services,education, health services and hi-tech manufacturing.

8. Mean gross annual workplace earnings, Annual Survey ofHours and Earnings 2016, Office for National Statistics.Own calculations for city-level weighted by number of jobs,NOMIS, Business Register and Employment Survey.

9. Gross Value Added per worker, 2015. Source: Centre forCities. GVA per worker is a measure of productivity.

10. Total jobs percentage change 2011–2015, NOMIS, BusinessRegister and Employment Survey.

11. Model-based estimates of unemployed people asproportion of economically active population January 2016to December 2016, Office for National Statistics.

12. People with no qualifications or fewer than the equivalentof 5 GCSEs at C and above, as proportion of people aged 16years and over, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics.

13. People with degree-level qualifications as proportion ofpeople aged 16 years and over, 2011 Census, Office forNational Statistics.

14. Average Attainment 8 score per pupil at the end of KeyStage 4 2015/16, Department for Education.

15. Mean house prices 2016; source: Centre for Cities.16. Ratio of mean house price (Indicator 15) to mean gross

annual earnings for residents in 2016. Source: Centre forCities.

17. Proportion of household residents renting their home inthe private sector, 2011 Census, Office for NationalStatistics.

18. Mean rent for three-bedroom property, year endingSeptember 2016, Valuation Office Agency; earnings as innote 16.

19. Average life expectancy at birth 2013-2015, Public HealthEngland.

20. CO2 emissions within the scope of influence of localauthorities, tonnes per resident 2015, Department forBusiness, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

21. Percentage of children living in poverty after housingcosts, December 2016, End Child Poverty.

22. Percentage of residents aged 16 to 74 in employmentwhose main method of travel to work was by bicycle, 2011Census, Office for National Statistics.

SOURCES FOR OXFORD INFOGRAPHICSPopulation: Mid-2016 population estimates, Office for NationalStatistics; Circular flow diagram, Gu, Z. (2014) circlizeimplements and enhances circular visualization in R.Bioinformatics. Housing: Housing affordability, Centre forCities; Tenure, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics.Economy: Median weekly wage of full-time workers, 2016Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings; Jobs density ratio, Officefor National Statistics jobs density; Percentage ofunemployment-related benefits claimants is the number ofclaimants as a proportion of resident population of the sameage, April 2017, Office for National Statistics claimant count;Overnight visitors, Visit Britain; Education: Degree-levelqualifications, 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics;State funded primary school attainment percentages 2016,Department for Education. Public Health Outcomes: Lifeexpectancy for males at birth, Public Health England; Slopeindex of inequality in life expectancy at birth, Public HealthEngland; Breastfeeding and child obesity, Public HealthEngland; Deprivation map, 2015 English Indices of Deprivation,Department for Communities

CONTACT USwww.oxford.gov.uk/oxfordstatsE: social.statistics@oxford.gov.ukT: 01865 252797Additional sources of informationOffice for National Statistics www.ons.gov.ukNomis (Economic and Census statistics)

www.nomisweb.co.ukCentre for Cities www.centreforcities.org/data-toolPublic Health England fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/

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NOTES TO OXFORD CITIES COMPARISON CHART

Building a world-class city for everyone

OXFORD PROFILE2017KEY FACTS

POPULATIONEstimated 2016 population: 161,300

HOUSING

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Oxford is home to one of the most diverseand international populations in England.Three in 10 residents were born outsideof the United Kingdom. It has the thirdhighest ethnic minority populationin South-East England. More than halfof babies born in Oxford in the last yearwere to mothers who were not bornin the UK. Net international migrationhas been the main driver of Oxford’spopulation growth as well as itsincreasingly diverse make-up.

The Office for National Statistics hasestimated that more people moved intoOxford than out of Oxford in 2016.Despite more people leaving Oxford forother areas within the UK than thosemoving into Oxford, more overseas moverssettled in Oxford than Oxonians whomoved overseas. It is the addition of theoverseas movers into Oxford that led tothe growth of Oxford’s population.Similar patterns and levels of migrationsince 2010 has led to the increase inOxford’s population.

percent of Oxford householdslive in homes they own

percent of Oxford households livein rental accommodations

HOUSING AFFORDABILITYThe table to the right shows the fiveEnglish cities with the highest housingaffordability ratios. The housingaffordability ratio is calculated bydividing the mean house prices by themean annual earnings of residents.In Oxford, residents could expect topay around 16 times their annualearnings to purchase a home in Oxford.

Oxford faces significant housing challenges as a result of high demand and scarceavailability of land for homes. Affordability is a major issue as a result of high averagehouse prices and high rents in the private sector. More households now rent theirhomes than own their homes.

Due to the large student population, one-third of Oxford’s population is aged 18 to29, the highest proportion in England.

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The circular flow figureshows the size and directionof migration flows in 2016as estimated by the Officefor National Statistics.Tick marks show estimatednumber of migrants inthousands. Arrow headspoint in the directionof migration.

Internal migration accounted for a 2,765 (1.7 percent) reductionin the population, butinternational migrationled to an increase of 3,512(2.2 percent).

MIGRATION INTO AND OUT OFOXFORD

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Oxford 16.73London 16.65Cambridge 15.83Brighton 13.71Bournemouth 12.50

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ECONOMY EDUCATION

PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES

full-time workers in Oxfordearn £52 more per week thanthe average English worker

percent of economicallyactive people claimingunemployment-relatedbenefits

jobs density ratio, meaningthere are more jobs in Oxfordthan residents of working age

thousand overnight visits toOxford made it the seventhmost visited UK city in 2016

52 1.171 586

Oxford has a diverse and resilient economy with a highly qualified workforce and lowunemployment. The city also faces potential challenges to growth, such as locallabour supply, and housing and infrastructure supply.

Oxford is home to the most jobs in Oxfordshire. As shown in the two above maps, despite beingthe smallest district by physical area (left map), a third of employment in the county is inOxford (right map). With more jobs than residents of working age, around 50,000 commuterscome into Oxford for work, many of them from the neighbouring districts.

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© Crown Copyright and database right 2017.Ordnance Survey 100019348.

Boundary lines representelectoral wards (2017)

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How well the residents of Oxford live is variedcompared with the England average, and unevenbetween communities within the city.

Oxford is home to oneof the most highly-educated populationsin England. Forty-threepercent of the adultpopulation has a degree-level qualification, yeteducational attainmentin state schools is belowthe England average.

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83.820.2DEPRIVATIONThe map above shows differences in deprivation in small areas of Oxford based on nationalcomparisons, using national deciles (tenths) of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 (IMD2015). The areas in red are amongst the 10 per cent most deprived neighbourhoods inEngland. Nationally, Oxford neighbourhoods are spread throughout the entire IMD ranking,with seven areas in the least deprived and two in the most deprived.

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more expected years of life formales born in Oxford comparedto the English average

fewer years of life are expected formen living in Oxford’s most deprivedareas compared to the least deprived

percent of Oxford babies are breastfedat birth, significantly higher than theEngland average

percent of Year 6 children are classifiedas obese, slightly higher than theEngland average

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Oxfordshire61,000

Oxford122,000

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Domain

POPULATION

QUALITY OF LIFE

HOUSING

ECONOMY

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1 Population growth 2006–2016 12% 12 8% –1% 18%

2 Students as % of adult population 24% 1 7% 2% 24%

3 Population turnover per year 26% 1 13% 8% 26%

4 18–29 year-olds as a % of residents 32% 1 18% 13% 32%

5 Residents not of white British ethnic origin 36% 5 29% 4% 65%

6 Residents born outside UK 28% 5 19% 3% 39%

7 Jobs in knowledge intensive activities 71% 1 54% 45% 71%

8 Annual full-time earnings (£) 29,900 8 26,100 21,000 35,900

9 Gross Value Added per worker (£) 60,161 6 51,080 41,304 73,590

10 Jobs growth 2011–2015 13.0% 6 6.4% –3.7% 16.4%

11 Unemployment 4% 45 5% 3% 7%

12 No or low qualifications 22% 54 36% 19% 47%

13 Degree-level qualifications 43% 2 28% 15% 47%

14 Attainment 8 score 47.7 38 48.9 44.7 55.6

15 Average house prices (£) 491,911 2 216,342 102,597 561,437

16 Average house price to average earnings ratio 16.7 1 8.2 4.1 16.7

17 Residents in private rented housing 30% 1 19% 10% 30%

18 Average rent as percentage of average earnings 56% 3 37% 24% 66%

19 Life expectancy at birth 82.3 3 80.6 78.4 82.7

20 Carbon emissions (tonnes per resident) 4.2 34 4.4 3.2 7.2

21 Child poverty 27% 29 27% 17% 35%

22 Residents commuting to work by bicycle 17% 2 4% 1% 29%

HOW DOES OXFORD COMPARE WITH OTHERCITIES IN ENGLAND?The ranking figure shows how Oxford compares with the other 54 largest cities inEngland, including London. A rank of 1 means the highest value of any city.These are the largest cities in England as defined by the Centre for Cities(www.centreforcities.org).

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