Sandiway

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 9,169 · 5 LSOAs

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

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

Residents8,926
Median age (est.)50
Density235per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above48%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 6%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Hindu 0%

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

Sandiway is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #896 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (93) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here, about £420,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 135 sales), 62% above the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,703 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 90 · #697
Employment 84 · #1,088
Education 93 · #485
Health 83 · #1,170
Crime 78 · #1,534
Housing & access 27 · #5,030
Living environment 78 · #1,472

House prices ?

£420,000median (12m) · +15.4% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£420,000135+15.4%+31.2%
Detached£552,50080+20.1%+35.2%
Semi-detached£300,00035+10.1%+30.4%
Terraced£300,00014+20.0%+44.6%
Flat£191,0006+17.7%-40.3%
This area£420,000
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)£42,703±£6,099 · #2,655 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,635
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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 320 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #799 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences194
Theft21
Burglary16
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons32
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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