Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 44 min4:44 am – 9:29 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 45 min8:11 am – 3:55 pm
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People11,104 residentsin the Bodicote, Adderbury & Bloxham census areaMedian age 40.74,379 households74% of homes owner-occupied36% owned outright11% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.8% unemployment rate65% of adults are economically active, 5,522 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, education 13%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 39% work from home, 52% go by car, 2% take public transport, 6% walk or cycle56% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher11% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 96%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C692 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October63 days of air frost, 15 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 spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileBanbury Golf Clubgolf course · 1.2 mi · 93 haBodicote Parkplaying field · under a mile · 14 haWalled Garden Allotmentsallotments · under a mileBankside Parkpark · 2.1 mi · 3 haBrowning Road Parkpark · 2.5 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes40 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 23 Sep 200022 mi away, Warwick, WarwickshireMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202517 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 5.7 · PM2.5 6.6 · 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
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,753 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation111 m364 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 85 to 117 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalThe Foscote Hospital2.2 miGP surgeryKatharine House Hospiceunder a milePharmacyBloxham Pharmacy2.7 miDentistCherwell Heights Dental Care1.9 miPolice stationBanbury Police Station3.1 miCash machineMidcounties Co-Op Kings Sutton1.7 miSources: NHS Organisation Data Service; Overture Maps
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryChristopher Rawlins Church of England Primary Schoolages 3-11, 260 pupilsunder a milePrimaryLongford Park Primary Schoolages 2-11, 314 pupils1.3 miSecondaryBlessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Formages 11-18, 943 pupils2.1 miUniversityUniversity of Buckingham13.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX35 miRailway stationKings Sutton1.3 miBus stationBus StationBanbury Town Centre2.8 miBus stops18 within a mileCar parkNCP Banbury Marlborough Road2.8 miEV chargingInstaVolt Charging StationBanbury1.0 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports; Overture Maps
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the OX17 postcode district.
