Vale of White Horse: local statistics
Vale of White Horse is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 152,217 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Vale of White Horse, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 152,217 people lived in Vale of White Horse in mid-2025, up 1.9% on mid-2024. That is 26,052 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 20.6%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, the 2nd fastest growth in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
2.0% of Vale of White Horse residents aged 16 to 64 (1,835 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. The rate was the same a year earlier. The five-year high was 2.5% (August 2021); the low was 1.8% (November 2022).
Police recorded 6,925 crimes in Vale of White Horse in the year to March 2026, 45.5 for every 1,000 residents, the 47th highest rate of 55 in the South East. The rate was 45.9 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 34.2 to 50.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A girl born in Vale of White Horse in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.4 years and a boy 81.7 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.9 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is the 12th highest for women of all 64 council areas in the South East.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Vale of White Horse is £2,577.44, up £120.62 on 2025-26. That makes it the 16th highest of 64 in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,635.05.
The average house price in Vale of White Horse was £413,773 in July 2026, a rise of 5.7% in twelve months. It ranks as the 26th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Prices are 23% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 9.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Vale of White Horse. That ratio is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (30th highest ratio).
Full-time employees living in Vale of White Horse earned a median £827.40 a week in April 2025 (£44,454 a year). It is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (30th highest), and 1.5% more than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £849.80, £22.40 higher. In 2015 the residents' median was £603.70, so it has risen 37% before inflation.
In March 2026, 7,165 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Vale of White Horse, 8% more than in 2016. That is 47 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 37th of 64.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.3% of Vale of White Horse residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.3 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.4% to 85.7%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 126,165 |
| 2016 | 128,387 |
| 2017 | 130,701 |
| 2018 | 132,875 |
| 2019 | 135,040 |
| 2020 | 136,889 |
| 2021 | 139,400 |
| 2022 | 142,430 |
| 2023 | 145,750 |
| 2024 | 149,421 |
| 2025 | 152,217 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £336,722 |
| July 2017 | £323,119 |
| July 2018 | £335,321 |
| July 2019 | £341,179 |
| July 2020 | £335,264 |
| July 2021 | £345,509 |
| July 2022 | £378,342 |
| July 2023 | £381,696 |
| July 2024 | £377,655 |
| July 2025 | £391,403 |
| July 2026 | £413,773 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £603.70 a week |
| 2016 | £629.90 a week |
| 2017 | £639.20 a week |
| 2018 | £676.70 a week |
| 2019 | £674.60 a week |
| 2020 | £687.70 a week |
| 2021 | £688.40 a week |
| 2022 | £726.50 a week |
| 2023 | £732.10 a week |
| 2024 | £801.40 a week |
| 2025 | £827.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,635.05 |
| 2017-18 | £1,711.24 |
| 2018-19 | £1,810.75 |
| 2019-20 | £1,883.15 |
| 2020-21 | £1,960.92 |
| 2021-22 | £2,028.73 |
| 2022-23 | £2,124.25 |
| 2023-24 | £2,230.60 |
| 2024-25 | £2,341.57 |
| 2025-26 | £2,456.82 |
| 2026-27 | £2,577.44 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 34.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 34.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 37.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 40.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 43.5 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 45.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 50.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 47.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 46.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 45.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.5% |
| 2016/17 | 83.7% |
| 2017/18 | 83.1% |
| 2018/19 | 73.4% |
| 2019/20 | 82.2% |
| 2020/21 | 85.7% |
| 2021/22 | 80.3% |
| 2022/23 | 80.5% |
| 2023/24 | 83.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80.0% |
| 2025/26 | 79.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,635 |
| 2017 | 6,640 |
| 2018 | 6,715 |
| 2019 | 6,765 |
| 2020 | 7,045 |
| 2021 | 7,065 |
| 2022 | 6,985 |
| 2023 | 6,880 |
| 2024 | 6,860 |
| 2025 | 6,960 |
| 2026 | 7,165 |
Questions about Vale of White Horse
What is the population of Vale of White Horse?
152,217 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Vale of White Horse?
1,835 in August 2026 (2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Vale of White Horse?
45.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is life expectancy in Vale of White Horse?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.7 years for men and 85.4 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Vale of White Horse?
£2,577.44 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Vale of White Horse?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £413,773.
What is the average salary in Vale of White Horse?
£827.40 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Vale of White Horse
Every body that makes decisions for Vale of White Horse, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Vale of White Horse council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Vale of White Horse in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Didcot and Wantage: Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Oxford West and Abingdon: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Witney: Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK population · UK unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the South East: Guildford · Horsham · Reigate and Banstead · South Oxfordshire · Swale · Windsor and Maidenhead
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