Boughton Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,741 people living in Boughton, 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population of 16-74 year olds increases by 113.4% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

950 residents are over 60 and 392 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 2.7% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 5.6% higher than the District average.

Younger people

465 residents are under 16. This is 6.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

14.6% of Boughton’s households (134 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.2% lower than the District average.
4.7% of Boughton’s households are lone parents with dependent children (88 lone parents). This is 0.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

Ethnic Group	% of Boughton Population	Difference between Boughton and District average
White	97.1%	0.9% lower
Mixed	0.8%	0.2% higher
Asian or Asian British	1.3%	0.6% higher
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, 11.9% of Boughton’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (445 people) this is 3.5% higher than the average for Chester District.

808 residents have a limiting long term illness (21.6%). This is 4.1% higher than the average for Chester District. 8.8% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 27.1 per 1000 households in Boughton. This is 10.9 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 28.9 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 47.6 per 1000 population.

These are 14 per 1000 population higher and 30.5 per 1000 population higher than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

4.7% of Boughton’s economically active residents are unemployed (89 people) and 65.4% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

26% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (123 children). This is 9% higher than the average for Chester District.

24% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (226 older people). This is 12% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 24% of Boughton’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (688 people).

Housing

52.5% of Boughton’s households (989 households) are owner occupied (20.5% lower than District average), 17% of households (320 households) are privately rented (8.1% higher than District average) and 26.2% are socially rented (493 households, 11.7% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

39.5% of Boughton’s households do not have a car (745 households). This is 17.4% higher than the average for Chester District.

16.7% of the resident population of Boughton aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (298 persons). This is 0.5% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Boughton has areas affected by employment, health and environment deprivation. It is not affected by deprivation as defined by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation', nor is it affected by income, education, barriers to housing and services or crime deprivation.