Lache Park Ward Profile

People and community

There are 6,299 people living in Lache Park, 47.4% male and 52.6% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 41.8% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

997 residents are over 60 and 329 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 6.9% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 2.9% lower than the District average.

Younger people

1,484 residents are under 16. This is 5.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

21% of Lache Park’s households (377 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 6.2% higher than the District average.

9.1% of Lache Park’s households are lone parents with dependent children (242 lone parents). This is 3.9% higher than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Lache Park Population	Difference between Lache Park and District average
White	97%	1% lower
Mixed	1%	0.4% higher
Asian or Asian British	0.6%	0.1% lower
Black or Black British	0.3%	0.2% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	1%	0.5% higher

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 9.7% of Lache Park’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (612 people), this is 1.3% higher than the average for Chester District.

1,116 residents have a limiting long term illness (17.7%). This is 0.2% higher than the average for Chester District. 9.8% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 18.7 per 1000 households in Lache Park. This is 2.5 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 10.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 11.4 per 1000 population. These are 4.4 per 1000 population lower and 5.7 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

5.7% of Lache Park’s economically active residents are unemployed (168 people) and 66% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 2.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

41% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (605 children). This is 24% higher than the average for Chester District.

22% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (220 older people). This is 10% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 32.1% of Lache Park’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (1,442 people).

Housing

65.1% of Lache Park’s households (1,740 households) are owner occupied (7.9% lower than District average), 5.5% of households (148 households) are privately rented (3.4% lower than District average) and 26.2% are socially rented (701 households, 11.7% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

30.9% of Lache Park’s households do not have a car (826 households). This is 8.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

14.5% of the resident population of Lache Park aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (404 persons). This is 2.7% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Lache Park has areas affected by income, employment, health, education and crime deprivation. It is also deprived as defined by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'. It has no areas affected by barriers to housing and services or environment deprivation.