Elton Ward Profile

People and community

There are 4,279 people living in Elton, 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 45.2% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

681 residents are over 60 and 178 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 6.8% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 4.8% lower than the District average.

Younger people

877 residents are under 16. This is 2% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

15.5% of Elton’s households (197 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.7% higher than the District average.

4.8% of Elton’s households are lone parents with dependent children (82 lone parents). This is 0.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Elton Population	Difference between Elton and District average
White	98.6%	0.6% higher
Mixed	0.3%	0.1% higher
Asian or Asian British	0.3%	0.4% lower
Black or Black British	0.1%	Same
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 9.3% of Elton’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (399 people) this is 0.9% higher than the average for Chester District.

727 residents have a limiting long term illness (17%). This is 0.5% lower than the average for Chester District. 9% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 12.8 per 1000 households in Elton. This is 3.4 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 15.2 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 9.1 per 1000 population. These are 0.3 per 1000 population higher and 8 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3% of Elton’s economically active residents are unemployed (71 people) and 73.4% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

11% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (99 children). This is 6% lower than the average for Chester District

14% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (99 older people). This is 2% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 28.1% of Elton’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (905 people).

Housing

86.6% of Elton’s households (1,488 households) are owner occupied (13.6% higher than District average), 5.8% of households (99 households) are privately rented (3.1% lower than District average) and 5.9% are socially rented (102 households, 8.6% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

11.5% of Elton’s households do not have a car (197 households). This is 10.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

13.6% of the resident population of Elton aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (309 persons). This is 3.6% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Elton 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'.