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Cheshire West and Chester

Unitary authority

The south of the North West. 373,951 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 920 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

36 of Cheshire West and Chester’s 222 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£270,534
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,486
109th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.7
134th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

How Cheshire West and Chester compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

Cheshire West and ChesterMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Aug 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £114,526 to £1,204,072. The middle area is £271,489. Cheshire West and Chester is £270,534.
£270,534180th cheapest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Aug 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −14.6% to 13.6%. The middle area is 1.1%. Cheshire West and Chester is 3.7%.
+3.7%joint 73rd strongest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. Cheshire West and Chester is £41,486.
£41,486109th highest paid
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 22.9×. The middle area is 7.3×. Cheshire West and Chester is 6.5×.
6.5×joint 129th most affordable
Deprivation scoreEngland only296 areas, England · 2025
Deprivation score: every council in England296 areas from 5.9 to 43.5. The middle area is 19.0. Cheshire West and Chester is 17.7.
17.7134th least deprived

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and deprivation score.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Cheshire West and Chester’s is 3.9 times its 2000 level, slower than North West’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England, January 2000 to August 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthCheshire West and ChesterNorth WestEngland
Jan 2000£68,710£47,625£71,017
Jan 2001£76,383£52,045£79,663
Jan 2002£85,463£57,578£90,840
Jan 2003£103,505£70,789£114,816
Jan 2004£130,249£88,994£131,914
Jan 2005£153,429£110,684£149,713
Jan 2006£156,849£121,111£157,240
Jan 2007£168,896£132,851£171,666
Jan 2008£174,251£137,996£181,037
Jan 2009£155,159£118,624£153,585
Jan 2010£162,555£121,963£164,711
Jan 2011£158,818£120,876£164,697
Jan 2012£155,214£117,050£164,449
Jan 2013£155,197£115,931£166,938
Jan 2014£159,032£120,781£177,748
Jan 2015£169,046£126,599£191,523
Jan 2016£174,542£133,204£208,050
Jan 2017£179,558£139,003£218,655
Jan 2018£186,214£144,796£227,594
Jan 2019£190,540£150,205£230,974
Jan 2020£196,794£153,141£234,049
Jan 2021£212,235£170,526£249,890
Jan 2022£226,777£186,704£270,231
Jan 2023£252,592£197,527£285,817
Jan 2024£250,854£196,802£278,060
Jan 2025£257,619£207,957£287,264
Jan 2026£264,612£215,288£290,474
Aug 2026£270,534£220,393£293,525

Wards in Cheshire West and Chester45

Middle areas in Cheshire West and Chester47

Constituencies mostly in Cheshire West and Chester5

Towns in Cheshire West and Chester7

Postcodes in Cheshire West and Chester1

Neighbourhoods in Cheshire West and Chester222
Cheshire West and Chester in brief

Cheshire West and Chester’s average house price was £270,534 in August 2026.

Full-time workers living in Cheshire West and Chester earned a median of £41,486 in 2025.

A home in Cheshire West and Chester costs 6.5 times local full-time pay.

Cheshire West and Chester has a deprivation score of 17.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.