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OX18

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Carterton and Bampton, in West Oxfordshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an OX18 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 69% of people in OX18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£375,000
Joint 674th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
27,216
1,067th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
69%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How OX18 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

OX18Middle
Median sale price26 postcode districts, OX · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in OX26 areas from £300,000 to £615,750. The middle area is £432,500. OX18 is £375,000.
£375,0005th cheapest
Population26 postcode districts, OX · 2021
Population: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 4,267 to 66,808. The middle area is 25,712. OX18 is 27,216.
27,21612th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 postcode districts, OX · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 1.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 55.5%. OX18 is 69.0%.
69%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 postcode districts, OX · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in OX26 areas from 71.5% to 94.4%. The middle area is 86.6%. OX18 is 92.3%.
92.3%4th highest

What is the population of OX18?

OX18 had 27,216 usual residents at the census.

OX18 is the 1,067th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

Deprivation in OX18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so OX18 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in OX18

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
West Oxfordshire 012C1,97758.1 per 1,000681.2%
West Oxfordshire 012D1,13143.7 per 1,000796.5%
West Oxfordshire 012E2,40641.6 per 1,0001097.0%
West Oxfordshire 013D2,44035.5 per 1,000899.3%
West Oxfordshire 013E1,36527.6 per 1,000974.2%
West Oxfordshire 013F1,72932.4 per 1,000988.7%
West Oxfordshire 013G2,03542.8 per 1,000998.9%
West Oxfordshire 013H2,46342.8 per 1,000995.9%
West Oxfordshire 014A1,47863.3 per 1,000696.6%
West Oxfordshire 014B1,35178.9 per 1,000793.9%
West Oxfordshire 014C1,57389.5 per 1,000996.5%
West Oxfordshire 014D1,24732.6 per 1,0001098.8%
West Oxfordshire 015A1,73249.6 per 1,000876.6%
West Oxfordshire 015B2,47130.0 per 1,000694.5%
West Oxfordshire 015C1,49741.7 per 1,000895.9%

MPs for OX18

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in OX184

Postcode sectors in OX185

Council1

Towns in OX181

Postcode districts next to OX185

More in the OX postcode area2

OX18 in brief

OX18 is a postcode district covering Carterton and Bampton, in West Oxfordshire.

About 29,049 people lived in OX18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 446 sales (HM Land Registry).

The median price paid for a home in OX18 was £375,000 in 2025.

OX18 had 27,216 usual residents at the census.

About 69% of people in OX18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In OX18, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.