Boughton Heath Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,878 people living in Boughton Heath, 47.3% male and 52.7% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 27.2% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,010 residents are over 60 and 314 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 3.3% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 4% higher than the District average.

Younger people

758 residents are under 16. This is 1% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

12.6% of Boughton Heath’s households (145 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 2.2% lower than the District average.

3.3% of Boughton Heath’s households are lone parents with dependent children (54 lone parents). This is 1.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

Ethnic Group	% of Boughton Heath Population	Difference between Boughton Heath and District average
White	98.2%	0.2% higher
Mixed	0.5%	0.1% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.5%	0.2% lower
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.6%	0.1% higher

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7.5% of Boughton Heath’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (289 people) this is 0.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

616 residents have a limiting long term illness (15.9%). This is 1.6% lower than the average for Chester District.  5.3% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 12.2 per 1000 households in Boughton Heath. This is 4 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 7.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 3.9 per 1000 population. These are 7.4 per 1000 population lower and 13.2 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3% of Boughton Heath’s economically active residents are unemployed (55 people) and 66.7% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

4% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (27 children). This is 13% lower than the average for Chester District.

5% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (47 older people). This is 7% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 20.6% of Boughton Heath’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (569 people).

Housing

90.5% of Boughton Heath’s households (1,480 households) are owner occupied (17.5% higher than District average), 3.2% of households (53 households) are privately rented (5.7% lower than District average) and 4.5% are socially rented (73 households, 10% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

17.4% of Boughton Heath’s households do not have a car (285 households). This is 4.7% lower than the average for Chester District.

20.4% of the resident population of Boughton Heath aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (363 persons). This is 3.2% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Boughton Heath 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'.