Whitby & Stanney Woods

Cheshire West and Chester · North West · population 5,715 · 4 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #505 of 6,856 in England
  • #56 of 932 in North West
  • #6 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,801
Median age (est.)48
Density2,622per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above31%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 3%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant8%
Elementary8%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 33% · 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

Whitby & Stanney Woods is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #505 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 47 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (94) and lowest on Health (60). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 79 sales), 8% below the wider Cheshire West and Chester median of £260,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #46 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £40,331 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 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 94 · #396
Employment 81 · #1,321
Education 79 · #1,410
Health 60 · #2,747
Crime 75 · #1,726
Housing & access 93 · #485
Living environment 86 · #951

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00079-1.4%+20.0%
Detached£345,00021+6.2%+43.2%
Semi-detached£227,55052-0.5%+18.7%
Terraced£213,5006+33.4%+61.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£240,000
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)£40,331±£5,698 · #3,328 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,504
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 395 offences
Cheshire West and Chester66
North West82
England83

Rank #3,472 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences154
Theft137
Burglary9
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons49
Drugs18
Robbery2
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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