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Christleton & Huntington ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Christleton & Huntington is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,561 residents in 4,717 households — 212 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chester South and Eddisbury constituency.

Residents, 202111,561council ward average 7,937
Households4,7172.45 residents per household
Density212/ km²about 54.51 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+19.7%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 652
5–96.7% · 770
10–158.1% · 933
16–193.9% · 456
20–244.0% · 461
25–3410.7% · 1,238
35–4921.3% · 2,467
50–6419.9% · 2,303
65–7410.0% · 1,155
75–847.2% · 837
85+2.5% · 291

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.5% · 356
1 car or van37.9% · 1,790
2 cars or vans42.0% · 1,982
3 or more12.5% · 589
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.1% · 1,799
With mortgage41.3% · 1,948
Shared ownership2.5% · 118
Social rented5.3% · 248
Private rented12.8% · 604

Type of home

Detached house43.5% · 2,051
Semi-detached house35.8% · 1,690
Terraced house17.1% · 807
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 108
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.3% · 15
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
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.