Tilston Ward Profile

People and community

There are 2,001 people living in Tilston, 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 12.1% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

408 residents are over 60 and 82 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 2.3% lower than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 4.9% lower than the District average.

Younger people

383 residents are under 16. This is 0.6% higher than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

12.3% of Tilston’s households (74 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 2.5% lower than the District average.

3% of Tilston’s households are lone parents with dependent children (24 lone parents). This is 2.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Tilston Population	Difference between Tilston and District average
White	99%	0.1% higher
Mixed	0.4%	0.2% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.1%	0.6% lower
Black or Black British	0.0%	0.1% lower
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.4%	0.1% lower

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 6.7% of Tilston’s population describe themselves as not being in good health (135 people), this is 1.7% lower than the average for Chester District.

278 residents have a limiting long term illness (13.9%). This is 3.6% 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 16.3 per 1000 households in Tilston. This is 0.1 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 11.5 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 3 per 1000 population. These are 3.4 per 1000 population lower and 14.1 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

3.1% of Tilston’s economically active residents are unemployed (32 people) and 69.4% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001).  The level of unemployed residents is 0.5% lower than the average for Chester District.

10% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (37 children). This is 7% lower than the average for Chester District.

11% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (44 older people). This is 1% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 20.7% of Tilston’s population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (310 people).

Housing

78.3% of Tilston’s households (626 households) are owner occupied (5.3% higher than District average), 11.4% of households (91 households) are privately rented (2.5% higher than District average) and 5.5% are socially rented (44 households, 9% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

7% of Tilston’s households do not have a car (56 households). This is 15.1% lower than the average for Chester District.

21.9% of the resident population of Tilston aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (220 persons). This is 4.7% higher than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

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