# OX7

Postcode district covering Chipping Norton and Charlbury, in West Oxfordshire.

OX7 is a postcode district covering Chipping Norton and Charlbury, in West Oxfordshire. Median sale price £500,750 in 2025. About 24,848 people.

Postcode district. Code OX7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [OX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OX7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £500,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in OX7 was £500,750 in 2025. 274th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 24,599** (2021). OX7 had 24,599 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,195th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in OX7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.0%** (January 2026). In OX7, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=OX7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in OX7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=OX7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 390 homes were sold in OX7 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=OX7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): OX7 had 24,599 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england#place=OX7) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of West Oxfordshire, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is OX7.

## How OX7 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | OX7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £500,750 | 3rd most expensive | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2025 |
| Population | 24,599 | 13th least populated | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 26 postcode districts, OX · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.0% | 8th highest | 26 postcode districts, OX · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of OX7?

OX7 had 24,599 usual residents at the census.
OX7 is the 1,195th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in OX7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX7 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in OX7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Oxfordshire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028780) | 2,280 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| [West Oxfordshire 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028781) | 1,867 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.8% |
| [West Oxfordshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028782) | 1,520 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| [West Oxfordshire 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028783) | 1,585 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| [West Oxfordshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028795) | 1,623 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.8% |
| [West Oxfordshire 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028796) | 1,435 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| [West Oxfordshire 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028797) | 1,242 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.2% |
| [West Oxfordshire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028806) | 1,971 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| [West Oxfordshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028763) | 2,175 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| [West Oxfordshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028776) | 1,951 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
| [West Oxfordshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028798) | 2,247 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| [West Oxfordshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028777) | 1,176 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.1% |
| [West Oxfordshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028778) | 1,499 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| [West Oxfordshire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/neighbourhood/e01028779) | 1,153 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |

## Your MP

- [Banbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/banbury): Sean Woodcock (Labour), MP since July 2024. 77% of the people here.
- [Witney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/witney): Charlie Maynard (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 19% of the people here.
- [North Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cotswolds): Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 3.0% of the people here.
- [Bicester and Woodstock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bicester-and-woodstock): Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.5% of the people here.
- [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-on-avon): Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in OX7

[Chadlington & Wychwoods](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/chadlington-and-wychwoods), [Charlbury & North Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/charlbury-and-north-leigh), [Chipping Norton](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/chipping-norton), [Kingham, Enstone & Middle Barton](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire/kingham-enstone-and-middle-barton)

## Postcode sectors in OX7

[OX7 3 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-3), [OX7 4 (127 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-4), [OX7 5 (332 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-5), [OX7 6 (314 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-6), [OX7 7 (74 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-7), [OX7 9 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7-9)

## Council

[West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire)

## Postcode districts next to OX7

[CV36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv36), [GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [GL56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56), [OX5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox5), [OX15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox15), [OX18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox18), [OX20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox20), [OX25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox25), [OX29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox29)

## Nearest rail stations

[Charlbury (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.4897,51.8724), [Ascott-Under-Wychwood (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.5640,51.8673)

## More in the OX postcode area

[All OX postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## OX7 in brief

OX7 is a postcode district covering Chipping Norton and Charlbury, in West Oxfordshire.
About 24,848 people lived in OX7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,750 in 2025 across 390 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in OX7 was £500,750 in 2025.
OX7 had 24,599 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in OX7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In OX7, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: OX7
- Postcode area: [OX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox)
- Constituency: [Banbury †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/banbury)
- Council: [West Oxfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire)
- Area: 291 km²
- People, mid-2024: 24,848*
- Neighbourhoods: 14
- Output areas: 83

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[OX29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox29), [GL56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56), [OX15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox15), [OX20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox20), [GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [OX18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox18)

## Latest updates for OX7

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/OX7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7