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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003803

Chester City & Garden Quarter

Chester City & Garden Quarter is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,245 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
10,245

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,329

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,339.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.5%

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.

Lancaster Central, Lancaster9,086 residents · 35.9% owned · 46.9% no carCity Centre & The Polygon, Southampton8,966 residents · 23.1% owned · 46.4% no carLittle Chester, Derby8,244 residents · 28.4% owned · 42.6% no carSt Paul's, Cheltenham8,096 residents · 40.1% owned · 32.2% no carKingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset6,032 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.2% no carCanterbury Central & Westgate, Canterbury11,142 residents · 39.6% owned · 40.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chester City & Garden Quarter

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

Tenure

Private rented45.9%
1,985 households
Owned40.5%
1,752 households
Social rented11.3%
490 households
Shared ownership2.3%
101 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement36.8%
1,592 households
Terraced31.3%
1,356 households
Semi-detached14.6%
632 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7%
302 households
Detached4.8%
208 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.3%
142 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
95 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,932 households
No cars or vans in household35.7%
1,544 households
2 cars or vans in household15.8%
685 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
167 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.5%
1,537 households
1 bedroom24.1%
1,045 households
3 bedrooms22.6%
979 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
768 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household44.7%
1,939 households
Single family household39.4%
1,708 households
Other household types15.9%
690 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household44.8%
1,939 households
2 people in household31.8%
1,377 households
3 people in household11.3%
489 households
4 people in household6.8%
294 households
5 people in household3%
132 households
6 people in household1.3%
57 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
25 households
7 people in household0.3%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 155.5%
564 residents
15–2947.8%
4,896 residents
30–4418.7%
1,915 residents
45–6416%
1,642 residents
65 and over12%
1,226 residents
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.3%
8,935 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.9%
499 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
319 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%
301 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
185 residents
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.5%
3,905 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications33.4%
3,221 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9%
870 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.9%
765 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
455 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)43.9%
4,235 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
4,141 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student13.1%
1,265 residents aged 16 and over
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students36.2%
3,492 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,476 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.4%
717 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%
709 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.8%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
362 residents aged 16 and over
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
4,923 residents
Good health36.8%
3,766 residents
Fair health11.6%
1,191 residents
Bad health2.8%
282 residents
Very bad health0.8%
83 residents
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
8,396 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,849 residents
Chester City & Garden Quarter · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
2,347 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
1,392 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.9%
473 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
Chester City & Garden Quarter · 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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