Upton Westlea Ward Profile

People and community

There are 3,857 people living in Upton Westlea, 47.8% male and 52.2% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 28.7% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,059 residents are over 60 and 273 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 4.8% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 1.8% higher than the District average.

Younger people

776 residents are under 16. This is 1.6% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

16.1% of Upton Westlea’s households (188 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 1.3% higher than the District average.

7.2% of Upton Westlea’s households are lone parents with dependent children (115 lone parents). This is 2% higher than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Upton Westlea Population	Difference between Upton Westlea and District average
White	98.2%	0.2% higher
Mixed	0.6%	Same
Asian or Asian British	0.4%	0.3% lower
Black or Black British	0.3%	0.2% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 9.7% of Upton Westlea’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (373 people) this is 1.3% higher than the average for Chester District

741 residents have a limiting long term illness (19.2%). This is 1.7% higher than the average for Chester District. 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 13.7 per 1000 households in Upton Westlea. This is 2.5 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 5.4 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 15.6 per 1000 population. These are 9.5 per 1000 population lower and 1.5 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

4.7% of Upton Westlea’s economically active residents are unemployed (76 people) and 59.4% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.1% higher than the average for Chester District.

23% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (180 children). This is 6% higher than the average for Chester District.

8% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (86 older people). This is 4% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 29.8% of Upton Westlea’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (819 people).

Housing

73.4% of Upton Westlea’s households (1,179 households) are owner occupied (0.4% higher than District average), 2.7% of households (44 households) are privately rented (6.2% lower than District average) and 21.6% are socially rented (347 households, 7.1% higher than the District average).

Transport and access

26.3% of Upton Westlea’s households do not have a car (422 households). This is 4.2% higher than the average for Chester District.
12.6% of the resident population of Upton Westlea aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (196 persons). This is 4.5% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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