Property market | £523,276 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Luton (27.4 miles) | |
Broadband | 57.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 93.1% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 7.0% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 28 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 559 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Henley level) | |
Community | Median age is 44.4 | Population of 11,561 | Happiness is Above Average for Oxfordshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (South Oxfordshire) | |
Commute (approx) | - Marylebone (36 mins) - Reading (65 mins) - Birmingham New Street (82 mins) | |
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£523,276 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Luton (27.4 miles) | |
57.6mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 44.4 | 11,561 | Happiness is Above Average for Oxfordshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 28 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 559 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Henley level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (South Oxfordshire) | |
- Marylebone (36 mins) - Reading (65 mins) - Birmingham New Street (82 mins) | |
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Photo above: Tithe Barn, Sunday, 26 May, 2013
Photo: Tithe Barn, Sunday, 26 May, 2013
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Thame has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: M&S Thame Connect BP, Sainsburys Thame, Waitrose Thame. There are many pubs and bars nearby, including: Bay of Bengal, Birdcage Inn - Sean Munroe, Cross Keys Inn, James Figg, Swan Hotel, Thame Masonic Hall, The Black Horse, The Falcon, The Old Nags Head... (see map below for more bars and associated links). Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, we found many nearby, including: Burger King, Energy Kidz, Harvest Moon, La Caravella, Pad Thai Rising Sun, Prezzo, Rumsey's Chocolaterie, Thame Fried Chicken, Wild Lemongrass at Racq... (see map below for more). There are a few cafes and coffee shops nearby, including: Black Goo Cafe & Tap Room, Costa, Starbucks. Thame has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Thame has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £877,085, which is up 2.3% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £523,276 (up 2.4% on last year) , a terraced house £417,325 (up 0.8% on last year) and a flat £274,264. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £1,019 per month. Property prices in Thame are a little higher than the average property prices across Oxfordshire and are much higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Thame, prices have risen at a similar rate compared to the annual average price change seen across the Oxfordshire region.
Property data is based on South Oxfordshire level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Thame, or click here to browse the longer list of Thame property transactions from 2023.
Thame has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Lord Williams's School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Barley Hill Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (4/29/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Thame | |
John Hampden Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/30/2022) | 143 submissions 99.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Thame |
Lord Williams's School Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (5/18/2022) | 636 submissions 89.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Thame |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (3/22/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Thame | |
Long Crendon School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (6/29/2022) | 122 submissions 91.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Aylesbury |
School | Type |
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Barley Hill Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (4/29/2015) |
John Hampden Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/30/2022) 143 submissions 99.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Lord Williams's School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (5/18/2022) 636 submissions 89.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (3/22/2012) |
Long Crendon School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (6/29/2022) 122 submissions 91.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Station | Distance from Thame | Commute options |
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Haddenham & Thame Parkway A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Marylebone (50 mins - Chiltern Railways - £416 monthly fare) - Reading (1 change(s) - 65 mins - Great Western Railway) - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 82 mins - CrossCountry) - Paddington (1 change(s) - 97 mins - Great Western Railway - £416 monthly fare) |
Princes Risborough A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Marylebone (46 mins - Chiltern Railways - £373 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 69 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 86 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 101 mins - Great Western Railway - £373 monthly fare) View details |
Monks Risborough A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +9% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Marylebone (61 mins - Chiltern Railways - £400 monthly fare) View details |
Little Kimble A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +26% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Marylebone (65 mins - Chiltern Railways - £400 monthly fare) View details |
Saunderton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -8% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Marylebone (41 mins - Chiltern Railways - £370 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 73 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 89 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 105 mins - Great Western Railway - £370 monthly fare) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (South Oxfordshire) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of South Oxfordshire residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 93.1% | 81.7% |
Asian | 2.9% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 2.3% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.0% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.8% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Henley consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.2% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 13.7% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.7% | 28 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 24.3% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 4.4% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 8.0% | |
Routine occupations | 7.3% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.5% | 559 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.0% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Oxfordshire is average (67mbps). Thame is slower than this, with average download speeds of 57.6mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Henley level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 57.6 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 95.4% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the South Oxfordshire level:
Type | South Oxfordshire | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 47 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 6 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 18 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Thame.
The DEFRA API is currently reporting at least one flood warning in this area - please refer to the UK Government website for information on this.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Thames | River Thame | River Thame from below Eythrope to Chiselhampton including Cuddington, Thame, Shabbington, Ickford, Waterperry, Cuddesdon, Wheatley and Chippinghurst |
Thames | River Thame, Horsenden Stream, Chalgrove Brook | River Thame from Marsworth to Dorchester including, Long Marston, Rowsham, North Aylesbury, Cuddington, Thame, Ickford, Wheatley, Drayton St Leonard, Overy, the Horsenden Stream at Princes Risborough and the Chalgrove Brook at Chalgrove and Stadhampton |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Thame, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 21.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Little Milton, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 21.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Culham, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 21.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 6Secondary: | 21.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Appleford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 | 20.6% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Abingdon, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 16Secondary: 9 | N/A |
Great Tew, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Charlbury, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Burford, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Swinbrook and Widford, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: Secondary: | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Banbury, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £368,794 Detached: £622,624 | 82 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 | 14.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Bicester, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £368,794 Detached: £622,624 | 82 | Primary: 11Secondary: 5 | 14.6% residents in higher managerial positions 5.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Thame, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Little Milton, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Culham, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 6Secondary: |
Appleford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 |
Abingdon, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 16Secondary: 9 |
Great Tew, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Charlbury, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Burford, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Swinbrook and Widford, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: Secondary: |
Banbury, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £368,794 Detached: £622,624 | 82 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 |
Bicester, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £368,794 Detached: £622,624 | 82 | Primary: 11Secondary: 5 |
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