College Ward Profile

People and community

There are 5,434 people living in College, 43.2% male and 56.8% female. The population of 16-74 year olds increases by 82.8% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

734 residents are over 60 and 263 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 9.2% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 3.1% lower than the District average.

Younger people

503 residents are under 16. This is 9.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

12.8% of College’s households (130 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 2% lower than the District average.

4.1% of College’s households are lone parents with dependent children (89 lone parents). This is 1.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

Ethnic Group	% of College Population	Difference between College and District average
White	97.6%	0.4% 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	0.5%	Same

Health

According to the Census 2001, 5.9% of College’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (322 people). This is 2.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

711 residents have a limiting long term illness (13.1%). This is 4.4% lower than the average for Chester District. 7% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 19.7 per 1000 households in College. This is 3.5 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 43.6 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 24.3 per 1000 population.

These are 28.7 per 1000 population higher and 7.2 per 1000 population higher than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3.2% of College’s economically active residents are unemployed (96 people) and 64.8% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

13% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (67 children). This is 4% lower than the average for Chester District.

14% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (102 older people). This is 2% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 13.3% of College’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (613 people).

Housing

60.5% of College’s households (1,319 households) are owner occupied (12.5% lower than District average), 30.9% of households (674 households) are privately rented (22% higher than District average) and 5.9% are socially rented (129 households, 8.6% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

30.3% of College’s households do not have a car (660 households). This is 8.2% higher than the average for Chester District.

17.9% of the resident population of College aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (501 persons). This is 0.8% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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