Helsby & Kingsley

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 9,806 · 5 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #807 of 6,856 in England
  • #102 of 932 in North West
  • #10 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,593
Median age (est.)51
Density223per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above44%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 5%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

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

Helsby & Kingsley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #807 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (92) but weak on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here, about £315,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 147 sales), 21% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,050 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 92 · #581
Employment 86 · #937
Education 92 · #567
Health 89 · #725
Crime 86 · #951
Housing & access 29 · #4,893
Living environment 46 · #3,734

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · -2.7% yr · n=147
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000147-2.7%+32.1%
Detached£420,00055-6.7%+14.3%
Semi-detached£302,50048+12.0%+49.4%
Terraced£196,25028-12.6%+15.4%
Flat£124,00016+2.9%-26.2%
This area£315,000
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)£41,050±£5,758 · #3,112 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,293
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 277 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #298 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft32
Burglary9
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons27
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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