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Oxfordshire Uncovered
In Oxfordshire...
HOUSING SHORTAGE
677,000 &270,000 households
Population
Current house-building rate meets only
growth around
HALF
6,000
the need
per year
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
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Purchase of property requires average
JUST OVER 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS on an income of less than £30,000
income of £60,000
£3£,£ £ £
ANNUAL INCOME
needed to rent the average property on the private market
Average rents more than
DOUBLE
the England average
Average house price in Oxford in 2015
around £425,000 – 16 times local annual income
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and sheltered accommodation
200 households in temporary accomodation
Around 90 people SLEEPING ROUGH
– up 50% in the last year
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