Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 40 min4:46 am – 9:26 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 49 min8:08 am – 3:57 pm
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People9,536 residentsin the Didcot West census areaMedian age 35.33,737 households61% of homes owner-occupied25% owned outright16% social rented, 18% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.3% unemployment rate74% of adults are economically active, 5,361 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 14%, professional and scientific services 12%, health and social work 11%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 46% go by car, 5% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle59% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages39% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 90%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C649 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November49 days of air frost, 19 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesSmallbone Recreation Parkpark · under a mileHadden Hill Golf Clubgolf course · 1.0 mi · 53 haEdmonds Parkplaying field · under a mile · 7 haWillowbrook Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 11 haEast Hagbourne Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 miThe Greenpark · 2.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes28 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 23 Sep 200049 mi away, Warwick, WarwickshireMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202529 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.5 · PM2.5 6.7 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,929 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 47 to 82 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalDidcot Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryDidcot Health Centre Practice4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi15 schools10 primary, 4 secondary, 1 nurseryPrimaryManor Primary Schoolages 4-11, 318 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryDidcot Girls' Schoolages 11-18, 1,633 pupilsunder a milePrimaryWillowcroft Community Schoolages 2-11, 481 pupilsunder a mileCollegeAbingdon and Witney College5.3 miUniversityOxford Brookes University10.2 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Heathrow Airport LHR35 miRailway stationDidcot Parkwayunder a mileBus stationThe Four PointsAldworth7.3 miBus stops95 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the OX11 postcode district.
