Overleigh Area Committee Profile

People and community

There are 14,684 people living in Overleigh, 47.6% male and 52.4% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 32% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

3,381 residents are over 60 and 975 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 0.3% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 0.1% lower than the District average.

2,805 residents are under 16. This is 0.6% higher than the average for Chester District.

14% of Overleigh’s households (654 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.8% lower than the District average.

5.7% of Overleigh’s households are lone parents with dependent children (366 lone parents). This is 0.5% higher than the average for Chester District.

Health

According to the Census 2001, 8.5% of Overleigh’s population describe themselves as not being in good health this is 0.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

2,526 residents have a limiting long term illness. This is 0.3% lower than the average for Chester District.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 19.9 per 1000 households in Overleigh. The vehicle related crime rate was 13.3 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 8.4 per 1000 population.

Economic activity and well being

296 of Overleigh’s residents are unemployed and 6,882 are economically active District (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.7% higher than the average for Chester District.

26% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation. This is 9% higher than the average for Chester.

According to Census 2001, 24% of Overleigh’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (2,550 people).

Housing

74.3% of Overleigh’s households are owner occupied (1.3% higher than the District average), 7.5% of households are privately rented (1.4% lower than District average) and 15% are socially rented (0.5% higher than the District average).