Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 0 min4:43 am – 9:43 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:24 am – 3:55 pm
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People11,017 residentsin the Ellesmere Port Town & Rossmore census areaMedian age 33.65,117 households41% of homes owner-occupied14% owned outright29% social rented, 29% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.3% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 5,315 in work, 13% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 64% go by car, 5% take public transport, 14% walk or cycle66% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages24% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 91%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C750 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October29 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWhitby Parkpark · under a mile · 20 haWestminster Parkpark · under a mileRivacre Valley Country Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 35 haStud Farm Allotment Siteallotments · under a mileLuton Road Playing Fieldsplaying field · under a mile · 4 haMunicipal Golf Coursegolf course · 1.8 mi · 44 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes176 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197618 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202523 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 12 · PM2.5 6.5 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband85% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,034 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation18 m59 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 4 to 29 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalEllesmere Port Hospital1.0 miGP surgeryYork Road Group Practice13 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyHarrison Healthcare York Road11 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgeryright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi25 schools19 primary, 3 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryCambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 256 pupilsright herePrimaryWilliam Stockton Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 367 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryEllesmere Port Church of England Collegeages 11-19, 777 pupilsunder a mileCollegeRiverside College Halton8.9 miUniversityUniversity of Chester5.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL4.3 miRailway stationEllesmere Portunder a mileBus stationEllesmere Port Bus Interchangeunder a mileFerryWoodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal9.2 miBus stops106 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CH65 postcode district.
