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Holywell

Ward

Central Oxford. About 6,177 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Holywell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,046
3,633rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
43.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Aged 15 to 64
98.5%
Highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Holywell compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

HolywellMiddle
Population24 wards, Oxford · 2021
Population: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 4,879 to 8,080. The middle area is 6,997. Holywell is 6,046.
6,0465th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Oxford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 0.0% to 95.0%. The middle area is 13.5%. Holywell is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Oxford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 43.3% to 96.5%. The middle area is 81.3%. Holywell is 43.3%.
43.3%lowest
Aged 15 to 6424 wards, Oxford · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Oxford24 areas from 61.5% to 98.5%. The middle area is 71.1%. Holywell is 98.5%.
98.5%highest

What is the population of Holywell?

Holywell had 6,046 usual residents at the census.

Holywell is the 3,633rd least populated of 8,397 in the UK.

Figures for the whole of Oxford

These figures are published for the whole of Oxford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Oxford and not Holywell alone. See Oxford

Average house price
£471,667
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,289
82nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.9×
Joint 35th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Holywell in brief

Holywell had 6,046 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Holywell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Holywell, 43.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

98.5% of residents in Holywell were aged 15 to 64 at the census.