Newton Brook Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,897 people living in Newton Brook, 50% male and 50% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 43.1% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

926 residents are over 60 and 275 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 1.1% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 1% higher than the District average.

Younger people

647 residents are under 16. This is 1.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

14.3% of Newton Brook’s households (158 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.5% lower than the District average.

2.8% of Newton Brook’s households are lone parents with dependent children (47 lone parents). This is 2.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Newton Brook Population	Difference between Newton Brook and District average
White	97.5%	0.5% lower
Mixed	0.5%	0.1% lower
Asian or Asian British	1.6%	0.9% higher
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.3%	0.2% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7% of Newton Brook’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (272 people) this is 1.4% lower than the average for Chester District.

654 residents have a limiting long term illness (16.8%). This is 0.7% lower than the average for Chester District. 7.1% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 25.9 per 1000 households in Newton Brook. This is 9.7 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 9.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 9.2 per 1000 population. These are 5.4 per 1000 population lower and 7.9 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3.7% of Newton Brook’s economically active residents are unemployed (74 people) and 67.8% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

7% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (45 children). This is 10% lower than the average for Chester District.

10% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (96 older people). This is 2% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 20.5% of Newton Brook’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (599 people).

Housing

83% of Newton Brook’s households (1,409 households) are owner occupied (10% higher than District average), 12.5% of households (212 households) are privately rented (3.6% higher than District average) and 2.9% are socially rented (49 households, 11.6% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

20.6% of Newton Brook’s households do not have a car (349 households). This is 1.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

17.9% of the resident population of Newton Brook aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (341 persons). This is 0.7% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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