If you are thinking of moving to Oakwoodhill or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Oakwoodhill to figures for Surrey and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Oakwoodhill is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Oakwoodhill has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that Oakwoodhill is a relatively affluent area.
The population of Oakwoodhill as a whole, is older than the national average. The population of Oakwoodhill is also older than the Surrey average, making Oakwoodhill a older persons location.
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Oakwoodhill come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Oakwoodhill is both lower than the average for Surrey and lower than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe easier than most places. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in Oakwoodhill than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Oakwoodhill and are from the UK Census of 2011. Oakwoodhill has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. Oakwoodhill also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of Oakwoodhill are better educated than the average England citizen.
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Oakwoodhill are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Oakwoodhill has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Oakwoodhill. The percentage of residents in Oakwoodhill rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Oakwoodhill rating their health as 'very bad' is less than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Oakwoodhill is generally better than in the average person in England.
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. Oakwoodhill has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
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