Upton Grange Ward Profile

People and community

There are 6,322 people living in Upton Grange, 47.9% male and 52.1% female. The population of 16-74 year olds increases by 39% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,478 residents are over 60 and 381 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 0.7% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 0.7% lower than the District average.

Younger people

1,129 residents are under 16. This is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

15.5% of Upton Grange’s households (273 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.7% higher than the District average.

3.6% of Upton Grange’s population are lone parents with dependent children (95 lone parents). This is 1.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Upton Grange Population	Difference between Upton Grange and District average
White	96.3%	1.7% lower
Mixed	0.6%	Same
Asian or Asian British	1.5%	0.8% higher
Black or Black British	0.6%	0.5% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	1%	0.5% higher

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7.8% of Upton Grange’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (496 people), this is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

1,052 residents have a limiting long term illness (16.6%). This is 0.9% lower than the average for Chester District. 6.2% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 15.6 per 1000 households in Upton Grange. This is 0.6 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 12.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 8.7 per 1000 population. These are 2.4 per 1000 population lower and 8.4 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.8% of Upton Grange’s economically active residents are unemployed (89 people) and 68.7% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

6% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (67 children). This is 11% lower than the average for Chester District.

8% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (115 older people). This is 4% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 16.1% of Upton Grange’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (737 people).

Housing

81.5% of Upton Grange’s households (2,142 households) are owner occupied (8.5% higher than District average), 11.1% of households (292 households) are privately rented (2.2% higher than District average) and 4.1% are socially rented (107 households, 10.4% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

16.2% of Upton Grange’s households do not have a car (425 households). This is 5.9% lower than the average for Chester District.

19.4% of the resident population of Upton Grange aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (589 persons). This is 2.2% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Upton Grange 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'.