Hoole Groves Ward Profile

People and community

There are 4,112 people living in Hoole Groves, 49.1% male and 50.9% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 50.6% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

996 residents are over 60 and 268 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 1.5% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 0.8% higher than the District average.

Younger people

874 residents are under 16. This is 2.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

14.3% of Hoole Groves’ households (169 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.5% lower than the District average.
5.6% of Hoole Groves households are lone parents with dependent children (93 lone parents). This is 0.4% higher than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

Ethnic Group	% of Hoole Groves Population	Difference between Hoole Groves and District average
White	97.9%	0.1% lower
Mixed	0.2%	0.3% lower
Asian or Asian British	1.2%	0.5% higher
Black or Black British	0.3%	0.2% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 8.8% of Hoole Groves’ population describe themselves as not being in good health (360 people) this is 0.4% higher than the average for Chester District.

802 residents have a limiting long term illness (19.5%). This is 2% higher than the average for Chester District. 7.7% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 25.1 per 1000 households in Hoole Groves. This is 8.9 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 10.9 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 7.5 per 1000 population. These are 4 per 1000 population lower and 9.6 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3.8% of Hoole Groves’ economically active residents are unemployed (73 people) and 67.5% are economically active. (as taken from the Census 2001) The level of unemployed residents is 0.2% higher than the average for Chester District.

16% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (137 children). This is 1% lower than the average for Chester District.
12% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (120 older people). This is the same as the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 29.1% of Hoole Groves’ population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (837 people).

Housing

76.6% of Hoole Groves’ households (1,283 households) are owner occupied (3.6% higher than District average), 3.6% of households (61 households) are privately rented (5.3% lower than District average) and 16.9% are socially rented (283 households, 2.4% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

24.5% of Hoole Groves’ households do not have a car (410 households). This is 2.4% higher than the average for Chester District.
15.2% of the resident population of Hoole Groves aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (283 persons). This is 2% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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