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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003802

Chester Boughton West & Hoole

Chester Boughton West & Hoole is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,568 residents in Cheshire West and Chester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire West and Chester
8,568

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,530

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,258.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.1%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Town Close, Norwich10,939 residents · 43.3% owned · 37.3% no carGateshead Town, Gateshead7,691 residents · 33.7% owned · 45.8% no carOld Portsmouth & Southsea Common, Portsmouth8,087 residents · 44.8% owned · 34.8% no carCentral Carlisle, Carlisle8,023 residents · 49.1% owned · 37.6% no carSouthsea West, Portsmouth6,748 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.5% no carThorpe Hamlet & Mousehold South, Norwich5,562 residents · 40.5% owned · 33.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chester Boughton West & Hoole

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented39.2%
1,778 households
Owned34.3%
1,555 households
Social rented24.2%
1,095 households
Shared ownership2.2%
99 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement48.4%
2,192 households
Terraced31.2%
1,415 households
Semi-detached10%
451 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.6%
210 households
Detached2.5%
113 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
75 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
67 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
6 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.5%
1,969 households
No cars or vans in household38.9%
1,762 households
2 cars or vans in household15%
678 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.6%
119 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms49.4%
2,236 households
1 bedroom22.7%
1,029 households
3 bedrooms18.6%
843 households
4 or more bedrooms9.3%
420 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household49.6%
2,251 households
Single family household41.1%
1,863 households
Other household types9.3%
420 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household49.7%
2,251 households
2 people in household34.2%
1,550 households
3 people in household8.9%
405 households
4 people in household5%
225 households
5 people in household1.7%
76 households
6 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.1%
696 residents
15–2929.2%
2,498 residents
30–4423.1%
1,977 residents
45–6422.8%
1,955 residents
65 and over16.8%
1,442 residents
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.4%
7,571 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.3%
457 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
245 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
165 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
129 residents
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.1%
3,530 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.7%
1,464 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.5%
1,132 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.8%
769 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.9%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
4,641 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.6%
2,788 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.2%
404 residents aged 16 and over
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,589 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,226 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.2%
955 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.1%
945 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
822 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
758 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
438 residents aged 16 and over
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.1%
4,038 residents
Good health33.8%
2,895 residents
Fair health13%
1,114 residents
Bad health4.7%
403 residents
Very bad health1.4%
118 residents
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.6%
6,820 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.4%
1,748 residents
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53%
2,397 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.2%
1,368 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.6%
570 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
185 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
Chester Boughton West & Hoole · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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