Dodleston Ward Profile

People and community

There are 1,975 people living in Dodleston, 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population of 16-74 year olds increases by 399.4% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

437 residents are over 60 and 95 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 3.4% lower than the District average.

Younger people

380 residents are under 16. This is 0.7% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

14.7% of Dodleston’s households (90 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 01% lower than the District average.

2.5% of Dodleston’s households are lone parents with dependent children (20 lone parents). This is 2.7% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Dodleston Population	Difference between Dodleston and District average
White	98.7%	0.7% higher
Mixed	0.3%	0.3% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.7%	Same
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.2%	0.3% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 5.6% of Dodleston’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (111 people), this is 2.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

268 residents have a limiting long term illness (13.6%). This is 3.9% lower than the average for Chester District. 4.8% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 2.5 per 1000 households in Doddleston. This is 13.7 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 20.3 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 5.1 per 1000 population.

These are 5.4 per 1000 population higher and 12 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.3% of Dodleston’s economically active residents are unemployed (24 people) and 70.7% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.3% lower than the average for Chester District.

9% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (34 children). This is 8% lower than the average for Chester District.

6% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (27 older people). This is 6% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 21.6% of Dodleston’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (315 people).

Housing

65.3% of Dodleston’s households (524 households) are owner occupied (7.7% lower than District average), 15.1% of households (121 households) are privately rented (6.2% higher than District average) and 4.1% are socially rented (33 households, 10.4% lower than the District average)

Transport and access

8.9% of Dodleston’s households do not have a car (71 households). This is 13.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

17.8% of the resident population of Dodleston aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (179 persons). This is 0.6% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Doddleston has an area affected by barriers to housing and services deprivation. No areas are affected by income, employment, health, education, crime or environment deprivation. Nor is it affected by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'.