Vicars Cross Ward Profile

People and community

There are 5,663 people living in Vicars Cross, 48.2% male and 51.8% female. The population of 16-74 year olds decreases by 48.8% during the day, as a result of people travelling to work.

Older people

1,414 residents are over 60 and 470 pensioners live alone. The number of people over 60 is 2.3% higher than the average for Chester District and for pensioners living alone it is 4% higher than the District average.

Younger people

1,007 residents are under 16. This is 0.7% lower than the average for Chester District.

Young families and lone parents

14.3% of Vicars Cross’ households (233 households) have one or more children aged 0 to 4. This is 0.5% lower than the District average.

4% of Vicars Cross’ households are lone parents with dependent children (98 lone parents). This is 1.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

Ethnicity

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

 

 

 

Ethnic Group	% of Vicars Cross Population	Difference between Vicars Cross and District average
White	98.4%	0.4% higher
Mixed	0.4%	0.2% lower
Asian or Asian British	0.5%	0.2% lower
Black or Black British	0.2%	0.1% higher
Chinese or other Ethnic Group	0.5%	Same

 

Health

According to the Census 2001, 7.6% of Vicars Cross’ population describe themselves as not being in good health (430 people), this is 0.8% lower than the average for Chester District.

942 residents have a limiting long term illness (16.6%). This is 0.9% lower than the average for Chester District. 6.4% of those that are economically active have a limiting long term illness.

Community safety

In the financial year 2003/04 the burglary rate was 16.7 per 1000 households in Vicars Cross. This is 0.5 per 1000 households higher than the District average. The vehicle related crime rate was 4.2 per 1000 population and the violent crime rate in the same year was 7.2 per 1000 population. These are 10.7 per 1000 population lower and 9.9 per 1000 population lower than the District averages respectively.

Economic activity and well being

2.4% of Vicars Cross’ economically active residents are unemployed (66 people) and 67.2% are economically active (as taken from the Census 2001). The level of unemployed residents is 1.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

10% of those aged 0-15 are affected by income deprivation (104 children). This is 7% lower than the average for Chester District.

9% of those over 60 are affected by income deprivation (134 older people). This is 3% lower than the District average.

Education and lifelong learning

According to the Census 2001, 21% of Vicars Cross’ population aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications (871 people).

Housing

82% of Vicars Cross’ households (2,008 households) are owner occupied (9% higher than District average), 6.5% of households (159 households) are privately rented (2.4% lower than District average) and 9.7% are socially rented (237 households, 4.8% lower than the District average).

Transport and access

20.9% of Vicars Cross’ households do not have a car (513 households). This is 1.2% lower than the average for Chester District.

16.9% of the resident population of Vicars Cross aged 16-74 in employment travel over 20 km to work (457 persons). This is 0.3% lower than the District average.

English Indices of Deprivation

Vicars Cross 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'.