Christleton Ward Profile

People and community

There are 4,281 people living in Christleton, 48% male and 52% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 23.3% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,069 residents are over 60 and 239 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 2.3% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 1% lower than the District average.

Younger people

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

Young families and lone parents

13.4% of Christleton’s households (168 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 1.4% lower than the District average.

3.4% of Christleton’s households are lone parents with dependent children (58 lone parents). This is 1.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Christleton Population	Difference between Christleton and District average
White	98%	Same
Mixed	0.8%	0.2% higher
Asian or Asian British	0.4%	0.3% lower
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.5%	Same

 

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 6.8% of Christleton’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (292 people) this is 1.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

673 residents have a limiting long term illness (15.7%). This is 1.8% 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 6.5 per 1000 households in Christleton. This is 9.7 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 7 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 3.7 per 1000 population. These are 7.9 per 1000 population lower and 13.4 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.3% of Christleton’s economically active residents are unemployed (46 people) and 64.6% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.3% lower than the average for Chester District.

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

8% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (83 older people). This is 4% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 17.4% of Christleton’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (529 people).

Housing

87.3% of Christleton’s households (1,470 households) are owner occupied (14.3% higher than District average), 4.3% of households (73 households) are privately rented (4.6% lower than District average) and 6.2% are socially rented (104 households, 8.3% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

11.3% of Christleton’s households do not have a car (190 households). This is 10.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

20.8% of the resident population of Christleton aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (398 persons). This is 3.6% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Christleton 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'.