Chester postcode area Census 2021

95.5% people are white, 2.0% people are asian, 1.4% people are mixed.
53.7% are Christian, 38.3% have no religion, 5.7% provided no answer.
41.6% households have 1 car, 28.2% households have 2 cars, 21.1% households have no car.

Chester population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Chester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Chester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	2.0%	9.3%
Black	0.5%	4.0%
Mixed	1.4%	2.9%
Other	0.6%	2.1%
White	95.5%	81.7%

Chester population health

Health Quality Share: Chester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Chester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	47.4%	48.4%
good	32.7%	33.6%
average	13.5%	12.7%
poor	4.9%	4.0%
very poor	1.5%	1.2%

Chester population religion

Religion Share: Chester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Chester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	53.7%	46.2%
Hindu	0.4%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	1.0%	6.5%
No answer	5.7%	6.0%
No religion	38.3%	37.2%
Other	0.1%	0.9%
Sikh	0.4%	0.6%

Chester population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Chester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Chester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	46.4%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.3%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.1%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.4%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.9%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	8.0%	7.3%
Retired	25.5%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.9%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.4%	2.8%

Chester car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.26 cars per household in Chester postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Chester postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Chester postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	21.1%	23.3%
1 car	41.6%	41.3%
2 cars	28.2%	26.2%
3+ cars	9.1%	9.2%

Chester household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).