OX49 5EW

Watlington · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Watlington
Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
OX49
Postcode sector
OX49 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX49 5ER 347 m
OX49 5EL 491 m
OX49 5EQ 584 m
OX49 5AE 603 m
OX49 5PT 658 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX49 5EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX49
Postcode sector
OX49 5
Latitude
51.636021
Longitude
-1.001710
British National Grid easting
469,184
British National Grid northing
193,495

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Parish or community
E04012498
Westminster constituency
Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area
E00146076
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 008A · E01028678
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 008 · E02005965

Postcode source versions

Explore OX49

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Greenacres Farm, Howe Road, Watlington, OX49 5EW 5 February 2025 £1,360,000
Greenacres Farm, Howe Road, Watlington, OX49 5EW 5 February 2025 £40,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Icknield Community College

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. Watlington Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Lewknor Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Other theft 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Public order 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
OX49 5 residents
4,204

Age bands in OX49 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

628 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

371 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

735 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.4%

1,313 residents

Age 65 and over
24.8%

1,006 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX49 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Shirburn Street Church

    BCT · Watlington

    0.6 miles
  • Shirburn Street Church

    BCT · Watlington

    0.7 miles
  • Gorwell

    BCT · Watlington

    0.7 miles
  • Library

    BCT · Watlington

    0.7 miles
  • Love Lane

    BCT · Watlington

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 008A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,317 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £700,000 from 2 recorded sales in OX49 5EW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Oxfordshire is £474,283 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Icknield Community College is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.