Electoral wardE05012209
Blacon ward, Cheshire West and Chester
Blacon is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,085 residents in 6,011 households — 2,792 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chester North and Neston constituency.
Residents, 202114,085council ward average 7,937
Households6,0112.34 residents per household
Density2,792/ km²about 5.04 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+17.1%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 839
5–96.7% · 937
10–158.4% · 1,181
16–194.2% · 592
20–245.1% · 712
25–3413.8% · 1,941
35–4918.9% · 2,661
50–6420.0% · 2,812
65–749.5% · 1,340
75–845.7% · 799
85+1.9% · 273
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.6% · 1,900
1 car or van43.4% · 2,607
2 cars or vans19.6% · 1,181
3 or more5.4% · 323
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheshire West and Chester overall: 68.3% owned, 14.6% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright25.8% · 1,549
With mortgage23.5% · 1,415
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented37.0% · 2,225
Private rented13.1% · 789
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house10.4% · 627
Semi-detached house38.4% · 2,310
Terraced house35.8% · 2,149
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 861
Converted house0.8% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012209- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 45
Other wards in the same constituency
CChester City & the Garden Quarter13.9% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned18,338GGreat Boughton24.4% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned11,000LLittle Neston32.8% aged 65+ · 85.5% owned4,777NNeston24.1% aged 65+ · 56.4% owned5,642NNewton & Hoole19.4% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned14,784PParkgate33.2% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned4,972SSaughall & Mollington29.1% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned5,261UUpton21.1% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned10,174WWillaston & Thornton30.5% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned5,173
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.