Capenhurst, Saughall & Moston

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 6,469 · 3 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,534 of 6,856 in England
  • #176 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,358
Median age (est.)44
Density145per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Capenhurst, Saughall & Moston is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,534 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (83) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 53 sales), 40% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,730 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 82 · #1,246
Employment 79 · #1,451
Education 83 · #1,143
Health 63 · #2,507
Crime 78 · #1,479
Housing & access 30 · #4,810
Living environment 39 · #4,152

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · -2.7% yr · n=53
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00053-2.7%+22.7%
Detached£475,00029-17.7%+21.9%
Semi-detached£288,75018+5.0%+12.1%
Terraced£265,0005-30.4%+0.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£365,000
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)£41,730±£5,924 · #2,929 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,162
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 292 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #1,685 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences142
Theft33
Burglary12
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons48
Drugs15
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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