Huntington Ward Profile

People and community

There are 1,961 people living in Huntington, 49.2% male and 50.8% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 53.3% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

325 residents are over 60 and 93 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 6.1% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 4.1% lower than the District average.

Younger people

379 residents are under 16. This is 0.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

15.7% of Huntington’s households (94 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.9% higher than the District average.
4.3% of Huntington’s households are lone parents with dependent children (36 lone parents). This is 0.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Huntington Population	Difference between Huntington and District average
White	98.8%	0.8% higher
Mixed	0.6%	Same
Asian or Asian British	0.4%	0.3% lower
Black or Black British	0.0%	0.1% lower
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.2%	0.3% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 6.5% of Huntington’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (127 people) this is 1.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

260 residents have a limiting long term illness (13.3%). This is 4.2% lower than the average for Chester District. 6.6% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 2.4 per 1000 households in Huntington. This is 13.8 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 3.1 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 4.6 per 1000 population. These are 11.8 per 1000 population lower and 12.5 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2% of Huntington’s economically active residents are unemployed (23 people) and 77.2% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

6% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (21 children). This is 11% lower than the average for Chester District.

7% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (24 older people). This is 5% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 17.5% of Huntington’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (255 people).

Housing

90.3% of Huntington’s households (758 households) are owner occupied (17.3% higher than District average), 5% of households (42 households) are privately rented (3.9% lower than District average) and 2.7% are socially rented (23 households, 11.8% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

12.2% of Huntington’s households do not have a car (102 households). This is 9.9% lower than the average for Chester District.
19% of the resident population of Huntington aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (209 persons). This is 1.8% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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