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Administrative Areas

Ward
Blacon
Local Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
City of Chester
Region
North West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
155
Population
359
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚CH1 5JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
359
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
300
Single
105
Married
128
Separated
4
Divorced
38
Widowed
25

Health

Population
359
Very good
150
Good
131
Fair
51
Bad
24
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
300
England❚CH1 5JA❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
113

Ethnicity

Population
359
White British
351
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
359
England
324
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
16
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
1
Middle East
1
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
359
Christian
238
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
84
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
174
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
19
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
275
England❚CH1 5JA❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
162
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
7
Detached
25
Semi detached
33
Terraced
86
Flat - purpose built
18

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
41
Two people
60
Three people
27
Four people
18
Five people
9

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019