A CITY of stark inequalities with a huge student population, a large number of public sector workers and high population turnover.

That’s how Oxford will look in 2012, according to a new statistical guide.

The Oxford City Council 2012 profile draws together Government data from dozens of sources to show how the city compares to other parts of the country.

It shows that while it is 12th out of 326 local authorities for the number of people with degrees, it is ranked 306th for GCSE attainment.

No council area in England has a higher proportion of students, a higher turnover in population, or more public sector jobs.

And the most recently available statistics show there is still a gap in life expectancy of 10 years between rich people in North Oxford and poor people in the South East of the city.

The profile says: “Oxford’s population is estimated to have grown rapidly in the last decade to around 154,000.

“In the UK, Oxford is the place with the highest proportion of students in its population, at 26 per cent of working age residents.

“As a result, one in five residents is aged between 18 and 24, and every year one quarter of the city’s residents moves house.”

An estimated 50,000 of the 107,000 jobs in the city are in the public sector, including the two universities, the NHS and the city and county councils.

Of those, 22,100 jobs – or 21 per cent of the city total – are in higher education, while the hospitals employ 12,300 people.

The profile also estimates that there are 17,000 people in Oxford living below the poverty line.

Of these, 3,000 are pensioners, 9,000 are of working age, and 5,000 are children.

City council deputy leader Ed Turner said: “The inequality between those, the very comfortably well off people and a quarter of Oxford’s children living in poverty, is very stark.

“Sometimes those same people can be living just a few hundred yards apart.”

He added: “A lot of the issues facing Oxford are related to housing.

“Oxford has still got quite a buoyant economy compared with other places, and that puts pressure on housing. There is a very substantial private rented sector which needs to be properly regulated.”