Farndon Ward Profile

People and community

There are 1,852 people living in Farndon, 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 34.6% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

514 residents are over 60 and 130 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 5.1% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 0.8% higher than the District average.

Younger people

303 residents are under 16. This is 2.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

9.7% of Farndon’s households (57 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 5.1% lower than the District average.

4.1% of Farndon’s households are lone parents with dependent children (33 lone parents). This is 1.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

The ethnicity of the population in Farndon is displayed in the table below and illustrates whether this is above or below average for the District.

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Farndon Population	Difference between Farndon and District average
White	99.1%	1.1% higher
Mixed	0.5%	0.1% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.0%	0.7% lower
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.2%	0.3% lower

 

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7.5% of Farndon’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (138 people) this is 0.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

293 residents have a limiting long term illness (15.8%). This is 1.7% lower than the average for Chester District. 5.8% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 3.7 per 1000 households in Farndon. This is 12.5 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 6.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 1.1 per 1000 population. These are 8.4 per 1000 population lower and 16 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.6% of Farndon’s economically active residents are unemployed (24 people) and 66.7% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.0% lower than the average for Chester District.

7% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (20 children). This is 10% lower than the average for Chester District.

9% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (45 older people). This is 3% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 20% of Farndon’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (275 people).

Housing

79.3% of Farndon’s households (643 households) are owner occupied (6.3% higher than District average), 8.8% of households (71 households) are privately rented (0.1% lower than District average) and 8.8% are socially rented (71 households, 5.7% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

11% of Farndon’s households do not have a car (89 households). This is 11.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

19.7% of the resident population of Farndon aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (175 persons). This is 2.5% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Farndon has no areas affected by income, employment, health, education, barriers to housing and services, crime or environment deprivation. Nor is it affected by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'.