Blacon South

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 7,329 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,147 of 6,856 in England
  • #732 of 932 in North West
  • #46 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,341
Median age (est.)40
Density4,748per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 38%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 17%Other: 12%
One person 33%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 17%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Blacon South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,147 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #46 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (78) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 53 sales), 27% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,834 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 12 · #6,017
Employment 8 · #6,318
Education 8 · #6,325
Health 9 · #6,257
Crime 15 · #5,852
Housing & access 57 · #2,925
Living environment 78 · #1,472

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=53
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00053+5.6%+31.0%
Detached£332,5006+0.8%+43.9%
Semi-detached£200,00029+5.8%+31.1%
Terraced£160,00018+3.2%+26.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£190,000
Cheshire West and Chester£260,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,834±£4,315 · #6,431 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,842
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 721 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #4,882 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences381
Theft74
Burglary22
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons99
Drugs34
Robbery6
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 45 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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