Churton, Farndon & Malpas

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 10,054 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,178 of 6,856 in England
  • #244 of 932 in North West
  • #19 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,774
Median age (est.)48
Density74per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Churton, Farndon & Malpas is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,178 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (86) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here, about £375,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 141 sales), 44% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,666 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 78 · #1,513
Employment 80 · #1,342
Education 85 · #1,040
Health 86 · #951
Crime 86 · #978
Housing & access 7 · #6,353
Living environment 31 · #4,749

House prices ?

£375,500median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=141
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,500141+7.3%+29.5%
Detached£490,00075+4.3%+38.0%
Semi-detached£280,00038+4.1%+29.3%
Terraced£215,00026-8.5%+7.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£375,500
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)£40,666±£5,678 · #3,221 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,820
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 344 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #744 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft44
Burglary27
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons58
Drugs0
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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