Rudheath West & Leftwich

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 9,695 · 6 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,666 of 6,856 in England
  • #502 of 932 in North West
  • #36 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,473
Median age (est.)42
Density3,593per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 23%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 13% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Rudheath West & Leftwich is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,666 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (81) but weak on Education (20). Typical homes here, about £226,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 127 sales), 13% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,633 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 34 · #4,502
Employment 26 · #5,091
Education 20 · #5,475
Health 25 · #5,153
Crime 36 · #4,385
Housing & access 81 · #1,273
Living environment 59 · #2,829

House prices ?

£226,000median (12m) · +22.2% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£226,000127+22.2%+28.8%
Detached£386,37526+22.7%+20.0%
Semi-detached£222,50064+3.5%+32.6%
Terraced£160,00037+10.3%+32.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£226,000
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)£33,633±£4,711 · #5,460 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,699
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 527 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #2,444 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences328
Theft30
Burglary22
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons65
Drugs13
Robbery4
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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