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Great Boughton ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Great Boughton is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,000 residents in 4,874 households — 3,988 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chester North and Neston constituency.

Residents, 202111,000council ward average 7,937
Households4,8742.26 residents per household
Density3,988/ km²about 2.76 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+24.4%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 537
5–95.3% · 584
10–157.3% · 798
16–194.1% · 456
20–243.8% · 423
25–3410.7% · 1,174
35–4920.1% · 2,216
50–6419.4% · 2,131
65–7411.9% · 1,309
75–848.4% · 921
85+4.1% · 450

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.5% · 853
1 car or van42.6% · 2,074
2 cars or vans31.6% · 1,539
3 or more8.4% · 408
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.4% · 2,166
With mortgage32.6% · 1,591
Shared ownership0.6% · 29
Social rented7.9% · 383
Private rented14.5% · 706
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house25.5% · 1,245
Semi-detached house44.2% · 2,158
Terraced house17.8% · 870
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 499
Converted house1.2% · 59
Other conversion0.3% · 13
Above shop / office0.6% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.