Hooton, Willaston & Ness

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 5,770 · 4 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #869 of 6,856 in England
  • #110 of 932 in North West
  • #11 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,627
Median age (est.)54
Density187per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above47%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 7%25–44 17%45–64 30%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 5%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary4%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

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 63% · No religion 31% · 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

Hooton, Willaston & Ness is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #869 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (96) but weak on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £365,746 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 101 sales), 41% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,161 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 96 · #245
Employment 86 · #971
Education 95 · #368
Health 77 · #1,588
Crime 92 · #560
Housing & access 31 · #4,749
Living environment 42 · #3,988

House prices ?

£365,746median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,746101-3.8%+4.5%
Detached£436,05048-3.9%+14.8%
Semi-detached£313,50032-1.3%+16.1%
Terraced£283,25018+28.8%+23.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£365,746
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)£37,161±£5,892 · #4,316 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,900
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 168 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #352 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences76
Theft20
Burglary13
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons22
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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