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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003806

Boughton Heath & Huntington

Boughton Heath & Huntington is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,299 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
8,299

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,426

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,128.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.9%

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.

Ampthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no carBodicote, Adderbury & Bloxham, Cherwell11,104 residents · 74.4% owned · 8.4% no carEllenbrook & Boothstown, Salford10,908 residents · 85.4% owned · 9.2% no carSandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock, Cheshire East9,768 residents · 75.7% owned · 9.1% no carAlsager West, Cheshire East6,507 residents · 78.4% owned · 10.2% no carBattledown & Charlton Kings, Cheltenham12,197 residents · 79.3% owned · 11.5% no car

Most similar within Cheshire West and Chester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hartford & Kingsmead, Cheshire West and Chester11,195 residents · 80.4% owned · 8.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Boughton Heath & Huntington

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

Tenure

Owned82.2%
2,816 households
Private rented9.6%
329 households
Social rented5.2%
178 households
Shared ownership3%
103 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.6%
1,493 households
Semi-detached35.6%
1,217 households
Terraced15.4%
528 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.5%
155 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.8%
1,397 households
1 car or van in household38.7%
1,325 households
No cars or vans in household10.4%
356 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.1%
346 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.1%
1,406 households
4 or more bedrooms35.8%
1,226 households
2 bedrooms19.2%
656 households
1 bedroom3.9%
135 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.4%
2,479 households
One-person household25.2%
863 households
Other household types2.4%
81 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
1,227 households
1 person in household25.2%
863 households
3 people in household17.7%
606 households
4 people in household16.7%
571 households
5 people in household3.8%
129 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520%
1,661 residents
15–2913.5%
1,117 residents
30–4421.4%
1,773 residents
45–6425.8%
2,144 residents
65 and over19.4%
1,607 residents
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.9%
7,713 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.7%
304 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
151 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
76 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
57 residents
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.9%
3,134 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.3%
1,065 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.8%
770 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.9%
650 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.7%
440 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.9%
4,111 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.5%
2,323 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
106 residents aged 16 and over
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.2%
1,715 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,527 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
785 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
359 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.2%
4,662 residents
Good health31.2%
2,586 residents
Fair health9.3%
770 residents
Bad health2.6%
218 residents
Very bad health0.8%
63 residents
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.5%
7,181 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.5%
1,117 residents
Boughton Heath & Huntington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.8%
2,184 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.4%
938 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.9%
270 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
30 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Boughton Heath & Huntington · 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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