Blacon Hall Ward Profile

People and community

There are 7,977 people living in Blacon Hall, 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 44.3% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,376 residents are over 60 and 387 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 5.5% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 2.8% lower than the District average.

Younger people

2,074 residents are under 16. This is 7.5% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

19.3% of Blacon Hall’s households (445 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 4.5% higher than the District average.

12.8% of Blacon Hall’s households are lone parents with dependent children (400 lone parents). This is 7.6% higher than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Blacon Hall Population	Difference between Blacon Hall and District average
White	98.1%	0.1% higher
Mixed	0.6%	Same
Asian or Asian British	0.8%	0.1% higher
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.3%	0.1% lower

Health

According to the Census 2001, 11% of Blacon Hall’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (879 people) this is 2.6% higher than the average for Chester District.

1,661 residents have a limiting long term illness (20.8%). This is 3.3% higher than the average for Chester District. 11.3% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 34 per 1000 households in Blacon Hall. This is 17.8 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 16.3 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 21.4 per 1000 population.

These are 1.4 per 1000 population higher and 4.3 per 1000 population higher than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

6.4% of Blacon Hall’s economically active residents are unemployed (219 people) and 62.6% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 2.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

44% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (920 children). This is 27% higher than the average for Chester District).

23% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (317 older people). This is 11% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 40.1% of Blacon Hall’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (2,186 people).

Housing

57% of Blacon Hall’s households (1,777 households) are owner occupied (16% lower than District average), 3.6% of households (112 households) are privately rented (5.3% lower than District average) and 36.1% are socially rented (1,125 households, 21.6% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

35.7% of Blacon Hall’s households do not have a car (1,115 households). This is 13.6% higher than the average for Chester District.
8.9% of the resident population of Blacon Hall aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (283 persons). This is 8.3% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Blacon Hall has areas affected by income, health, education, employment and crime deprivation. It also has areas defined as deprived by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'. However, is not affected by environment or barriers to housing and servces deprivation.