Barrow Ward Profile

People and community

There are 1,923 people living in Barrow, 49% male and 51% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 16.9% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

471 residents are over 60 and 121 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 1.8% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 0.5% higher than the District average.

Younger people

380 residents are under 16. This is 1.3% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

13.6% of Barrow’s households (78 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 1.2% lower than the District average.
3.4% of Barrow’s households are lone parents with dependent children (26 lone parents). This is 1.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

Health

 

Ethnic Group	% of Barrow Population	Difference between Barrow and District average
White	99.2%	1.2% higher
Mixed	0.3%	0.3% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.2%	0.5% lower
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.2%	0.3% lower

According to the Census 2001, 9.1% of Barrow’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (175 people) this is 0.7% higher than the average for Chester District.

359 residents have a limiting long term illness (18.7%). This is 1.2% higher than the average for Chester District. 8.9% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 3.9 per 1000 households in Barrow. This is 12.3 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 10.4 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 1 per 1000 population. These are 4.5 per 1000 population lower and 16.1 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3.1% of Barrow’s economically active residents are unemployed (27 people) and 63.6% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

12% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (46 children). This is 5% lower than the average for Chester District.

7% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (34 older people). This is 5% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 26.4% of Barrow’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (360 people)

Housing

75% of Barrow’s households (580 households) are owner occupied (2% higher than District average), 6.1% of households (47 households) are privately rented (2.8% lower than District average) and 14.2% are socially rented (110 households, 0.3% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

12.7% of Barrow’s households do not have a car (98 households). This is 9.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

18.6% of the resident population of Barrow aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (156 persons). This is 1.5% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Barrow is affected by deprivation relating to barriers to housing and services. This implies there are geographical and/or wider barriers to accessing housing or services in Barrow.

Barrow is not affected by deprivation (as defined by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation') , nor is it affected by health, living environment, income, crime or education deprivation.