Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 11,497 · 7 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,003 of 6,856 in England
  • #705 of 932 in North West
  • #42 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,020
Median age (est.)34
Density1,560per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 35%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 28%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 8%
One person 39%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 8%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 12% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant12%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,003 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #42 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Education (10). Typical homes here sold for about £136,000 over the past year, down 8% across five years (from 140 sales), 48% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,588 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 143 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 12 · #6,030
Employment 11 · #6,099
Education 10 · #6,140
Health 10 · #6,133
Crime 12 · #6,051
Housing & access 88 · #855
Living environment 41 · #4,015

House prices ?

£136,000median (12m) · -2.9% yr · n=140
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£136,000140-2.9%-7.5%
Detached£270,00019-9.6%+19.5%
Semi-detached£142,50043-25.6%-14.3%
Terraced£126,00061+5.0%-11.3%
Flat£95,00017-10.4%-13.6%
This area£136,000
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)£31,588±£4,407 · #6,056 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,525
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

143 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,639 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #5,841 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences897
Theft175
Burglary37
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson102
Public order & weapons227
Drugs99
Robbery13
Other46

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 124 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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