Waverton Ward Profile

People and community

There are 2,062 people living in Waverton, 48.9% male and 51.1% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 41.2% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

535 residents are over 60 and 117 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 3.2% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 1.2% lower than the District average.

Younger people

356 residents are under 16. This is 1.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

10.6% of Waverton’s households (68 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 4.2% lower than the District average.

3% of Waverton’s households are lone parents with dependent children (25 lone parents). This is 2.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

Ethnic Group	% of Waverton Population	Difference between Waverton and District average
White	99.4%	1.4% higher
Mixed	0.2%	0.4% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.0%	0.7% higher
Black or Black British	0.1%	Same
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.2%	0.3% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 6.3% of Waverton’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (130 people), this is 2.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

304 residents have a limiting long term illness (14.7%). This is 2.8% lower than the average for Chester District. 6.1% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 3.6 per 1000 households in Waverton. This is 12.6 per 1000 households lower than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 8.7 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 3.9 per 1000 population. These are 6.2 per 1000 population lower and 13.2 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3% of Waverton’s residents are unemployed (31 people) and 65.7% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 0.6% lower than the average for Chester District.

4% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (14 children). This is 13% lower than the average for Chester District.

3% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (16 older people). This is 9% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 16.7% of Waverton’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (259 people).

Housing

86.9% of Waverton’s households (725 households) are owner occupied (13.9% higher than District average), 6.8% of households (57 households) are privately rented (2.1% lower than District average) and 3.5% are socially rented (29 households, 11% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

8.4% of Waverton’s households do not have a car (70 households). This is 13.7% lower than the average for Chester District.
20.9% of the resident population of Waverton aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (205 persons). This is 3.7% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Waverton 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'.