Housing in CH4 7JH
What the homes in CH4 7JH are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chester Handbridge Park
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,832 (2024)
CH4 7JHChester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (50.7%). Flats make up 24.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
48.9% of households in the CH4 7JH area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 45.9% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 29.2% own outright and 19.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned48.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented45.9%20.5%
- Social rented5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 43.8% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (24.7%). 15.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Cheshire West and Chester
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Cheshire West and Chester (August 2026, +6.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CH4 7JH (Chester Handbridge Park) (about 1,832 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.