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Chorley South East & Heath Charnock

Ward

South east Chorley. About 9,684 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Chorley South East & Heath Charnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,434
2,711th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Chorley South East & Heath Charnock compares

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

Chorley South East & Heath CharnockMiddle
Population14 wards, Chorley · 2021
Population: every ward in Chorley14 areas from 6,977 to 10,087. The middle area is 8,385. Chorley South East & Heath Charnock is 9,434.
9,4343rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Chorley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Chorley14 areas from 12.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 93.5%. Chorley South East & Heath Charnock is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Chorley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Chorley14 areas from 84.3% to 97.6%. The middle area is 93.6%. Chorley South East & Heath Charnock is 90.4%.
90.4%4th lowest
Claimant rate14 wards, Chorley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Chorley14 areas from 1.2% to 4.5%. The middle area is 2.4%. Chorley South East & Heath Charnock is 2.8%.
2.8%7th highest

Is Chorley South East & Heath Charnock safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chorley South East & Heath Charnock at a rate of 161.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.8 per 1,000 people across Chorley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 127 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chorley South East & Heath Charnock.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (658), anti-social behaviour (343) and other crime (262).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Chorley

These figures are published for the whole of Chorley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chorley and not Chorley South East & Heath Charnock alone. See Chorley

Average house price
£216,624
Up 4.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,350
154th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.4
118th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Chorley South East & Heath Charnock in brief

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock had 9,434 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Chorley South East & Heath Charnock live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Chorley South East & Heath Charnock, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Chorley South East & Heath Charnock, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.