Mostly settled homeowners in middle age. Nearly eight in ten own their home. The typical resident is in their late forties. Almost half the adults have a degree. People come to Woodcote once they've already arrived somewhere in life.
About 77% of households own their home. Only about 10% rent privately and about 12% rent from a council or housing association. So the typical neighbour isn't passing through. They've fixed the fence and they plan to be around when it needs fixing again. The letting agent's sign is the rarest thing on the street.
The median age is 47, and only about 18% of residents are aged 25 to 44, the years when most people are renting, buying their first place or moving for work. That age group is thin on the ground because it's busy elsewhere, saving up for a house like the ones here. The village fills up with people who've already done that part.
The Office for National Statistics models gross household income, before tax, at about £75,800 for the financial year to March 2023. That's a modelled figure for the wider area and a few years old, not a current salary survey. It describes households that are comfortable rather than showy.
All the household and population figures here come from the 2021 census. Couples with dependent children make up about 24% of households, and lone parents about 8%. About 22% of households are one person living alone, and pensioners living alone, a subset of that group, make up about 13%. So the school run and the quiet bungalow sit on the same close, and the car sharing the driveway on a weekday morning belongs to whichever of them is up first.
About 45% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, about 11% have no qualifications, and about 2% are full-time students. Students are scarce because there's nothing here to study at and nowhere cheap to rent while doing it.
A small number of residents, 141 out of 3,264, live in communal settings such as care homes rather than private households. That's too few to change how the figures above should be read.
Woodcote's residents are one of its real strengths. It's a settled, comfortable, well-educated village where people buy in and stay, and the only group missing is the one still saving to join them.