Boughton Heath Area Committee Profile

People and community

There are 11,502 people living in Boughton Heath, Vicars Cross & Huntington, 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 42% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

2,749 residents are over 60 and 877 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 1.2% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 2.6% higher than the District average.

2,144 residents are under 16. This is 0.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

14 % of Boughton Heath, Vicar’s Cross and Huntington’s households (472 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.8% lower than the District average.

3.8% of Boughton Heath, Vicar’s Cross and Huntington’s households are lone parents with dependent children (188 lone parents). This is 1.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7.4% of Boughton Heath, Vicars Cross & Huntington’s population describe themselves as not being in good health this is 1% lower than the average for Chester District.
1,818 residents have a limiting long term illness. This is 1.7% lower than the average for Chester District.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 12.8 per 1000 households in Boughton Heath, Vicars Cross & Huntington. The vehicle related crime rate was 5.1 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 5.7 per 1000 population.

Economic activity and well being

144 of Boughton Heath, Vicars Cross & Huntington’s residents are unemployed and 5,748 are economically active District (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

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

According to Census 2001, 20% of Boughton Heath, Vicar’s Cross & Huntington’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (1,695 people).

Housing

86.2% of Boughton Heath, Vicar’s Cross & Huntington’s households are owner occupied (13.2% higher than the District average), 5.2% of households are privately rented (3.7% lower than District average) and 6.8% are socially rented (7.7% lower than the District average).