Property market | £422,350 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Heathrow (37.1 miles) | |
Broadband | 73.4mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 90.8% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 9.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 46 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 560 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wantage level) | |
Community | Median age is 42.5 | Happiness is Above Average for Oxfordshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Vale of White Horse) | |
Commute (approx) | - Reading (11 mins) - Paddington (36 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (48 mins) - Cardiff Central (88 mins) | |
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£422,350 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Heathrow (37.1 miles) | |
73.4mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 42.5 | Happiness is Above Average for Oxfordshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 46 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 560 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wantage level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Vale of White Horse) | |
- Reading (11 mins) - Paddington (36 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (48 mins) - Cardiff Central (88 mins) | |
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Wellshead has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Asda Didcot Supermarket, M&S Milton Heights Belfast BP. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Baxter Storey at Start Electron, The Hart Of Harwell. We found one nearby cafe: Pierreponts Cafe. Wellshead has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Wellshead has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £712,969, which is up 3.8% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £422,350 (up 3.1% on last year) , a terraced house £338,658 (up 2.5% on last year) and a flat £225,060. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £951 per month. Property prices in Wellshead are similar to the average property prices across Oxfordshire and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Wellshead, prices have risen a little quicker than the annual average price change seen across the Oxfordshire region.
Property data is based on Vale of White Horse 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 Wellshead, or click here to browse the longer list of Wellshead property transactions from 2023.
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Wellshead has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including UTC Oxfordshire (Academy) which is a secondary school based in Greenwood Way, Didcot. 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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GEMS Didcot Primary Academy Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (6/19/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Didcot | |
Harwell Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/24/2017) | 82 submissions 89.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Didcot |
St Blaise CofE Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (11/28/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Abingdon | |
UTC Oxfordshire Save school | Secondary school University technical college - Mixed | 2: Good (5/23/2018) | Ofsted Report Link | Didcot | |
Aureus School Save school | Secondary school Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (3/30/2022) | 117 submissions 61.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Didcot |
School | Type |
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GEMS Didcot Primary Academy Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (6/19/2019) |
Harwell Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/24/2017) 82 submissions 89.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
St Blaise CofE Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/28/2014) |
UTC Oxfordshire Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (5/23/2018) |
Aureus School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (3/30/2022) 117 submissions 61.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Station | Distance from Wellshead | Commute options |
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Didcot Parkway A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Reading (16 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (51 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 56 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (111 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 98 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 105 mins - South Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Marylebone (1 change(s) - 105 mins - Chiltern Railways - £532 monthly fare) View details |
Appleford A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 33 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 58 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 70 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 98 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Marylebone (1 change(s) - 105 mins - Chiltern Railways - £532 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Culham A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +15% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 35 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 60 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 72 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 96 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Marylebone (1 change(s) - 103 mins - Chiltern Railways - £532 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 112 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Radley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 36 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 61 mins - Great Western Railway - £532 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 73 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 92 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Marylebone (1 change(s) - 99 mins - Chiltern Railways - £532 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 113 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Vale of White Horse) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Vale of White Horse residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 90.8% | 81.7% |
Asian | 4.0% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 2.5% | 2.9% |
Black | 1.7% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.1% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Wantage 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 | 12.1% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 10.6% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 20.6% | 46 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 23.5% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.3% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 9.3% | |
Routine occupations | 9.7% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.5% | 560 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Oxfordshire is average (67mbps). Wellshead is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 73.4mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Wantage level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 73.4 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 96.0% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Vale of White Horse level:
Type | Vale of White Horse | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 50 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 8 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 19 | 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 Wellshead.
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 Thames, Lady Brook, Ewelme Stream, Mill Brook, West Hagbourne Stream, Hakkas Brook, Cholsey Brook, Kibble Ditch | River Thames and its tributaries from Days Lock to above Pangbourne, including Dorchester and Overy, Shillingford, Benson, Ewelme, Wallingford, Winterbrook, East Hagbourne, South Moreton, North Stoke, Moulsford, South Stoke, Goring and Streatley |
Thames | Ginge Brook | Ginge Brook, for the Steventon area down to and including Sutton Courtenay |
Thames | River Ock, Letcombe Brook | River Ock from Watchfield to Abingdon including, Stanford in the Vale, Charney Bassett, Lyford and Garford, and also the Letcombe Brook at Wantage, Grove and East Hanney |
Thames | Ginge Brook | Ginge Brook between Steventon and Sutton Courtenay including Milton and Drayton Mill areas |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Wellshead, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 | 20.6% 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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Wellshead, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 |
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: |
Thame, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £523,276 Detached: £877,085 | 47 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Abingdon, Oxfordshire Affordability: Average Low Crime Low Burglary Rate Hot property market | Semi-detached: £422,350 Detached: £712,969 | 50 | Primary: 16Secondary: 9 |
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 |
Burford, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Charlbury, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Great Tew, Oxfordshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £429,296 Detached: £678,990 | 51 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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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