Current Facts and Figures

Current facts and figures takes the form of statistics and commentary, building up to a comprehensive set of statistics about Cheshire East. Where appropriate, statistics are provided at both a national and regional level. For further information look at DORIC where you can locate data for various areas in Cheshire East and for different time periods.

Stats of the Month

Population

Mid-Year Estimates suggest that the 2010 population in Cheshire East was 363,800, of whom 184,900 (50.8%) were females with 178,900 (49.2%) males. This was an increase from 362,700 in 2009, of whom 184,400 (50.9%) were females and 178,200 (49.1%) males.

Unemployment

Unemployment figures were released on 14th March, and they show that the claimant count rate in Cheshire East for January 2012 was 2.8%.

This is higher than the 2.7% reported in January 2012 and the 2.6% in December 2011.
The CE rate is lower than the Great Britain rate of 4.1% and the North West rate of 4.7%
The LSOA with the lowest claimant count is Chelford & Alderley Edge L2 (0.4%)
The LSOA with the highest claimant count is Alexandra L1 (12.4%)
The MSOA with the lowest claimant count is Macclesfield Town Tytherington (0.9%)
The MSOA with the highest claimant count is West Coppenhall & Grosvenor (7.9%)
There are now 6,280 claimants in Cheshire East
The claimant count rate for 16-24 year olds is nearly double the overall rate at 5.1% (1,820 people)
For 25-49 year olds the rate is virtually the same as the overall rate at 2.8% (3,305 people)
For the 50+ age group the rate is barely half the overall rate at 1.5% (1,135 people)
Nearly half of claimants had been claiming for less than 6 months (3,030 people)
36% had been claiming for between 6 and 12 months (2,260 people)
16% had been claiming for more than 12 months (980 people)

House prices

There was no change in the average house price in England & Wales from November to December 2011, remaining just below £160,400. However, this was a 1.3% fall from December 2010 when the average price was slightly over £162,500.

For Cheshire East, prices continued to fall, with the December 2011 average of just over £150,500 being 0.2% lower than in November 2011 and 2.8% lower than in December 2010. Indeed the average price in December 2011 was lower than in December 2004.

The North-West of England did see a rise from November 2011. The increase, of 1.5%, was the largest of any region and took the average price of houses to a little over £113,200. However, prices were 3.4% lower than in December 2010, the largest fall across England and Wales, and were lower than in any other region apart from the North-East.

Across England & Wales, price falls from December 2010 to December 2011 were smallest in semi-detached houses and largest in detached and terraced properties.

Nationally, sales fell by 6% between October 2010 and October 2011.

Contacts

Research and Consultation

randc@cheshireeast.gov.uk