31/08/2021
Chester Data Dashboard
Footfall Figures
Week 34, Comparison of 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Sunday 22nd August 2021 - Saturday 28th August 2021)
100,000 94,997
90,000 80,000 75,343 70,000 69,065 62,428 58,471 57,409 61,926 60,000 55,292 52,838 53,265 48,860 47,294 52,861 55,119 57,447 50,000 50,972 49,131 46,416 40,000 41,974 30,000 34,323 35,449
20,000 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Week 34 2019 Week 34 2020 Week 34 2021
Annual Performance 2018 - 2021, Month by Month 2500000
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2018 2019 2020 2021
Annual Performance 2018-2021, Week by Week 600000
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0 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 2018 2019 2020 2021
(Source: Springboard) 31/08/2021
Vacancy Rates
Vacancy Rate % Chester Primary Shopping Area June 2021 Figures: 25.0 20.5 % 121 20.5 Vacancy Rate Vacant Units 20.0 18.0 16.8 16.5 increase from 14.4 15.0 2 .5% October 2020 13.0 12.3 October 2020 Figures: 10.0 18.0 % 108 Vacancy Rate Vacant Units 5.0 increase from 1.5 % April 2020 0.0 Local Data Company
Apr-18 Oct-18 Apr-19 Oct-19 Apr-20 Oct-20 Jun-21 National Vacancy Rate 14.1% Q1 2021:
Hotel Occupancy
Hotel Occupancy data is available upon request.
STEAM Headlines
15 % £0.7bn 14 million Increase since 2015 of the Total of economic impact from Tourists visited Chester City number of FTE jobs in the the Chester City area in 2019 borough supported by the area in 2018 visitor economy
96% 22.8% 9,766 Of total visitor numbers to the the Chester City area accounts FTE Visitor Economy jobs were
borough are for in the economic impact of supported in the Chester City day visitors the borough’s visitor economy area in 2018
3 7.4 million
Tourists visited Cheshire West £2.32bn 25,937 and Chester in 2019 which is a Total of economic impact of FTE Visitor Economy jobs were 2.7% increase the visitor economy in supported in Cheshire West since 2018 and a Cheshire West and Chester in and Chester in 2019 48.7% increase 2019 since 2009 31/08/2021
Housing
Average Annual House Prices 2016 -2020 £270,000 £266,626 £259,723 £265,624 £260,000 £251,070 £250,000 £242,263 £252,781 £239,261 £247,548 £240,000 £240,042
£230,000 £230,645 £220,000
£210,000 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chester Cheshire West and Chester
(Source: Hometrack. Average over the half year January - June for each year shown. Updated: 17/08/2020)
Chester figures have been collated from the following individual old ward boundary data: Blacon, Boughton, Chester City, Chester Villages, Dodleston and Huntington, Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Hoole, Lache, Newton, Saughall and Mollington, Upton.
Average Weekly Rental Values by No. of Bedrooms £300 £272
£250 £273 £198 £200 £166 £186 £150 £125 £147 £100 £117
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Chester Cheshire West and Chester
(Source: Hometrack. Annual median over the full year July 2019 - June 2020. Updated: 17/08/2020)
Chester figures have been collated from the following individual old ward boundary data: Blacon, Boughton, Chester City, Chester Villages, Dodleston and Huntington, Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Hoole, Lache, Newton, Saughall and Mollington, Upton.
Total number of sales around 30% completed in the borough during the year to from 5,870 during the June 2020 was year to June 2019 and 6,180 during the year to 4,142 June 2018.
(Source: Hometrack. Note: Number of house sales for 2020 has been affected by Covid-19)