Neston & Parkgate

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 7,934 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,788 of 6,856 in England
  • #314 of 932 in North West
  • #26 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,911
Median age (est.)51
Density496per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 18%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Neston & Parkgate is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,788 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (80) and lowest on Employment (43). Typical homes here sold for about £289,250 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 122 sales), 11% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,560 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,703 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 55 · #3,110
Employment 43 · #3,905
Education 59 · #2,788
Health 47 · #3,652
Crime 59 · #2,781
Housing & access 70 · #2,041
Living environment 80 · #1,349

House prices ?

£289,250median (12m) · -9.6% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£289,250122-9.6%+8.0%
Detached£445,00045-12.7%+8.5%
Semi-detached£290,00027+5.5%+11.1%
Terraced£180,00027-5.3%+14.6%
Flat£143,00023+15.6%+14.4%
This area£289,250
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)£38,703±£5,482 · #3,802 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,506
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 461 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #2,722 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences202
Theft113
Burglary12
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons62
Drugs6
Robbery5
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 44 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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