Malpas Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,887 people living in Malpas, 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 8.2% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

959 residents are over 60 and 277 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 2% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 2.2% higher than the District average.

Younger people

737 residents are under 16. This is 0.5% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

12.3% of Malpas’ households (144 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 2.5% lower than the District average.

3.6% of Malpas’ households are lone parents with dependent children (58 lone parents). This is 1.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Malpas Population	Difference between Malpas and District average
White	99.3%	1.3% higher
Mixed	0.2%	0.4% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.1%	0.6% lower
Black or Black British	0.0%	0.1% lower
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7% of Malpas’ population describe themselves as not being in good health (271 people) this is 1.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

623 residents have a limiting long term illness (16%). This is 1.5% lower than the average for Chester District. 5.8% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 4.4 per 1000 households in Malpas. This is 11.8 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 6.4 per 1000 population. These are 11.8 per 1000 population lower and 10.7 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.2% of Malpas’ economically active residents are unemployed (43 people) and 69.4% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

9% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (70 children). This is 8% lower than the average for Chester District.

12% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (111 older people). This is the same as the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 28% of Malpas’ population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (781 people).

Housing

75.1% of Malpas’ households (1,197 households) are owner occupied (2.1% higher than District average), 9.5% of households (152 households) are privately rented (0.6% higher than District average) and 10.5% are socially rented (168 households, 4% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

12.2% of Malpas’ households do not have a car (195 households). This is 9.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

26.9% of the resident population of Malpas aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (507 persons). This is 9.7% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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