Cheshire West and Chester: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£439,189

Semi-detached

£268,376

Terraced

£210,684

Flat or maisonette

£135,419

First-time buyers

£223,143

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  312,715 in 1991 → 371,652 in 2024 (+18.8%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £157,821 in 2005 → £270,104 in 2026 (+71.1%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £370 in 2008 → £636 in 2025 (+72.1%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  74.8% in 2004 → 76.5% in 2023 (+2.3%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.8% in 2001 → 2.5% in 2025 (+38.9%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £10,885 in 1997 → £25,803 in 2024 (+137.1%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Cheshire West and Chester; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Productivity · Economy & work£47.9 per hour (2023) · 44th highest of 361
• Housing affordability · Housing6.2× earnings (April 2025) · 77th lowest of 316
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing9.6% (2020 to 2024) · 90th lowest of 373
• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing62.9 years (2022 to 2024) · 49th highest of 195

Where it ranks worst

• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment8.3 t per person (2024) · 316th lowest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access13 min (2019) · 233rd lowest of 326
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access110.9 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 250th highest of 361
• Three-year business survival · Economy & work54.1% (2021) · 239th highest of 374

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)80.6 years · England 80.0 · 45th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)84.3 years · England 83.8 · 56th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)61.6 years · England 60.9 · 59th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)62.9 years · England 61.3 · 43rd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)310.3 per 100k · England 321.0 · 66th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)9.4% · England 10.4 · 57th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)66.9% · England 64.6 · 87th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.7% · England 68.3 · 92nd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.5 score · England 46.0 · 79th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.5% · England 5.8 · 65th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)15.1% · England 19.8 · 42nd lowest of 153