Chester City & Garden Quarter

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 10,518 · 7 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,500 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 932 in North West
  • #24 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,243
Median age (est.)28
Density2,340per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above40%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 6%15–24 37%25–44 30%45–64 16%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 11%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 9%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 45%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 9%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Elementary14%
Associate professional13%
Sales & customer service13%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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 City & Garden Quarter is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,500 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (82) but weak on Living environment (19). Typical homes here sold for about £210,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 174 sales), 19% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,007 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 318 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 80 · #1,376
Employment 82 · #1,239
Education 72 · #1,945
Health 33 · #4,577
Crime 31 · #4,714
Housing & access 81 · #1,314
Living environment 19 · #5,537

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · -6.7% yr · n=174
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000174-6.7%+16.7%
Detached£392,49812+6.7%+33.5%
Semi-detached£220,00023-12.0%+15.8%
Terraced£260,000420.0%+36.1%
Flat£185,00097+2.2%+16.9%
This area£210,000
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)£36,007±£5,403 · #4,703 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,239
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

318 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 3,349 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #6,354 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,376
Theft909
Burglary56
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson172
Public order & weapons518
Drugs237
Robbery30
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 360 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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