Comberbach, Acton Bridge & Whitley

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 6,498 · 3 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,719 of 6,856 in England
  • #200 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,449
Median age (est.)54
Density85per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 34%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 5%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 5%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 23% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional23%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 30% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Comberbach, Acton Bridge & Whitley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,719 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (95) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £430,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 43% in five years (from 74 sales), 65% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,194 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 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 95 · #368
Employment 89 · #780
Education 93 · #505
Health 90 · #697
Crime 81 · #1,321
Housing & access 14 · #5,859
Living environment 9 · #6,264

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +14.7% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,00074+14.7%+43.3%
Detached£595,00037+26.6%+46.9%
Semi-detached£378,00022+26.0%+42.6%
Terraced£278,50014-7.2%+16.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£430,000
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)£42,194±£5,934 · #2,790 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,660
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 156 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #131 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences73
Theft14
Burglary10
Vehicle crime2
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons17
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 17 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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