City and St Anne's Ward Profile

People and community

There are 2,892 people living in City and St. Anne's, 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The population of 16-74 year olds increases by 719.9% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

791 residents are over 60 and 428 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 4.7% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 9.1% higher than the District average.

Younger people

222 residents are under 16. This is 10.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

9.7% of City and St. Anne's households (62 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 5.1% lower than the District average.

4.7% of City and St. Anne's households are lone parents with dependent children (83 lone parents). This is 0.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

The ethnicity of the population in City and St. Anne's is displayed in the table below and illustrates whether this is above or below average for the District.

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of City and St Anne's Population	Difference between City and St Anne's  and District average
White	97.4%	0.6% lower
Mixed	1%	0.4% higher
Asian or Asian British	0.7%	Same
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.7%	0.2% higher

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 13.2% of City and St. Anne's population describe themselves as not being in good health (382 people), this is 4.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

723 residents have a limiting long term illness (25%). This is 7.5% 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 12.5 per 1000 households in City and St. Anne’s. This is 3.7 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 140.9 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 249.3 per 1000 population. These are 126 per 1000 population higher and 232.2 per 1000 population higher than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

4.9% of City and St. Anne's economically active residents are unemployed (75 people) and 67.2% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.3% higher than the average for Chester District.

32% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (77 children). This is 15% higher than the average for Chester District.

24% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (186 older people). This is 12% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 23.2% of City and St. Anne's population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (533 people).

Housing

41.6% of City and St. Anne's households (733 households) are owner occupied (31.4% lower than District average), 22.3% of households (393 households) are privately rented (13.4% higher than District average) and 29% are socially rented (511 households, 14.5% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

45.1% of City and St. Anne's households do not have a car (793 households). This is 23% higher than the average for Chester District.

16.5% of the resident population of City and St. Anne’s aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (241 persons). This is 0.7% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

City and St Anne's has areas affected by employment and health deprivation. It is not affected by income, education, barriers to housing and services, crime or environment deprivation. Nor is it affected by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'.