Chester Boughton West & Hoole

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 8,820 · 6 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,159 of 6,856 in England
  • #442 of 932 in North West
  • #33 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,568
Median age (est.)37
Density6,259per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above45%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 17%25–44 35%45–64 23%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 24%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 6%Other: 14%
One person 50%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 6%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional14%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 43% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Chester Boughton West & Hoole is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,159 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Health (20). Typical homes here sold for about £207,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 161 sales), 20% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,616 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,157 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 114 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 46 · #3,665
Employment 45 · #3,761
Education 44 · #3,830
Health 20 · #5,462
Crime 22 · #5,345
Housing & access 94 · #409
Living environment 21 · #5,434

House prices ?

£207,000median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=161
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,000161-1.4%+14.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£425,00014-3.4%+9.0%
Terraced£238,50068+8.4%+22.3%
Flat£160,25076-1.1%+3.4%
This area£207,000
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)£33,157±£4,934 · #5,621 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,776
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,002 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #5,307 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences403
Theft220
Burglary31
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons123
Drugs141
Robbery9
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 92 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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