Newton St. Michael’s Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,541 people living in Newton St. Michael’s, 45.9% male and 54.1% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 32.9% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,052 residents are over 60 and 332 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 7% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 5.6% higher than the District average.

Younger people

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

Young families and lone parents

15.8% of Newton St. Michael’s households (165 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 1% higher than the District average.

8.3% of Newton St. Michael’s households are lone parents with dependent children (133 lone parents). This is 3.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Newton St Michael's Population	Difference between Newton St Michael's and District average
White	96.8%	1.2% lower
Mixed	0.5%	0.1% lower
Asian or Asian British	2%	1.3% higher
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 10% of Newton St. Michael’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (355 people) this is 1.6% higher than the average for Chester District. 783 residents have a limiting long term illness (22.1%). This is 4.6% 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 15 per 1000 households in Newton St. Michael’s. This is 1.2 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 8.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 14.7 per 1000 population. These are 6.4 per 1000 population lower and 2.4 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

4.4% of Newton St. Michael’s economically active residents are unemployed (66 people) and 60.6% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.8% higher than the average for Chester District.

20% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (139 children). This is 3% higher than the average for Chester District.

14% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (147 older people). This is 2% higher than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 32.1% of Newton St. Michael’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (788 people).

Housing

66.9% of Newton St. Michael’s households (1,067 households) are owner occupied (6.1% lower than District average), 2.3% of households (36 households) are privately rented (6.6% lower than District average) and 27.3% are socially rented (436 households, 12.8% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

34.1% of Newton St. Michael’s households do not have a car (544 households). This is 12% higher than the average for Chester District.
14.5% of the resident population of Newton St. Michael’s aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (205 persons). This is 2.7% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Newton St. Michaels has areas affected by income, employment and health deprivation. It is not affected by education, barriers to housing and services, crime and environment deprivation. Nor is it affected by the 'Index of Multiple Deprivation'.