WELLINGTON STREET, CH5 1BF House Prices & Local Information

CH5 1BF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Wellington Street, 0.6km from Shotton, Higher in Shotton. Administratively it sits within Shotton East and Shotton Higher ward and the Alyn and Deeside constituency.

This is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A balanced community with an average age of 38 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £67k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 16.3% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CH5 1BF are sourced from Output Area W00001795 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.