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Electoral wardE05012211

Chester City & the Garden Quarter ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Chester City & the Garden Quarter is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 18,338 residents in 8,636 households — 4,879 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chester North and Neston constituency.

Residents, 202118,338council ward average 7,937
Households8,6362.12 residents per household
Density4,879/ km²about 3.76 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+13.9%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 6.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.7% · 490
5–92.1% · 386
10–152.2% · 396
16–197.5% · 1,368
20–2420.5% · 3,755
25–3420.9% · 3,830
35–4915.6% · 2,862
50–6414.7% · 2,704
65–747.1% · 1,308
75–844.6% · 835
85+2.2% · 404

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.0% · 3,199
1 car or van44.6% · 3,854
2 cars or vans15.1% · 1,303
3 or more3.2% · 280
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cheshire West and Chester overall: 68.3% owned, 14.6% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright20.3% · 1,757
With mortgage17.3% · 1,491
Shared ownership2.3% · 201
Social rented17.4% · 1,502
Private rented42.6% · 3,680
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house5.4% · 469
Semi-detached house10.9% · 942
Terraced house30.1% · 2,596
Purpose-built flat43.0% · 3,709
Converted house6.3% · 544
Other conversion2.6% · 222
Above shop / office1.7% · 147
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012211
Region
North West
Density rank in council
4 of 45

Parishes in the ward

Chester Castle

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlacon17.1% aged 65+ · 49.3% owned14,085GGreat 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

All 45 wards of Cheshire West and Chester

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.