Wantage Town
Vale of White Horse 014 · 7 sub-areas · 11,333 residents
Wantage Town is a mid-density neighbourhood of Vale of White Horse in the South East region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.
Overview
What's it like to live in Wantage Town?
3 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 10 restaurants and 9 pubs in five minutes; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Transport links are limited — a car or e-bike is a practical assumption for most regular trips; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,332 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Wantage Town in Vale of White Horse
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Wantage Town?
- The median monthly rent across Wantage Town is £1,332.
- How safe is Wantage Town?
- Wantage Town has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Wantage Town?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 162 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Wantage Town?
- There are 6 schools within 2 km of Wantage Town, of which 44% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 709 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Wantage Town?
- The most common council tax band in Wantage Town is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,596. Council tax is set by Vale of White Horse council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Wantage Town to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Wantage Town to central London is approximately 198 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Wantage Town?
- 100% of premises in Wantage Town are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Wantage Town?
- Wantage Town sits in IMD decile 9 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Wantage Town?
- 71% of households in Wantage Town are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Wantage Town?
- The average property price across Vale of White Horse (the local authority covering Wantage Town) is approximately £408,653, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Wantage Town a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.51 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £38,859.)
- Which local areas are part of Wantage Town?
- Wantage Town contains 7 local areas: Vale of White Horse 014G, Vale of White Horse 014D, Vale of White Horse 014H, Vale of White Horse 014C, Vale of White Horse 014E…
Frequently asked about Wantage Town
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Wantage Town?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Wantage Town is £1,332. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Wantage Town a safe place to live?
- Wantage Town has a safety score of 72/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Wantage Town?
- 44% of schools within 2 km of Wantage Town are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Wantage Town?
- Public-transport commute time from Wantage Town to central London is approximately 198 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Wantage Town different from the rest of Vale of White Horse?
- Wantage Town contains 7 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Wantage Town rank in Vale of White Horse?
- Wantage Town scores 30/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Vale of White Horse, see the Cities table on the Vale of White Horse page.