ONE-IN-TEN homes in Woolston do not have access to any vehicles, new data has shown.

The figures, taken from the Office for National Statistics, highlight that 10 per cent of Woolston's households have no cars or vans associated.

This means that of the 4,300 homes in Woolston, approximately 430 of them rely entirely on Warrington's public transport networks.

However, across England and Wales, an average of 23 per cent of homes do not have access to a vehicle - meaning that Woolston residents still have more access to vehicles than average.

Only two areas in Warrington have a higher proportion of households without access to vehicles than the national average - Latchford and Orford.

According to the ONS, 46.9 per cent of homes in Woolston are also 'deprived.'

Deprivation is measured by the ONS across four dimensions: education, health, employment status, and housing.

In a sign of times changing as a result of the pandemic, more than 30 per cent of all workers in Woolston now say they spend the majority of their time 'working from home.'

Nationally, 31.2 per cent of all those in employment say that they, too, work mostly from home now.

Regarding rates of employment, Woolston fits the national average rate of employment, with 57 per cent of all over-16s in employment in the area - exactly the same rate as the average for England and Wales.

Woolston has an unemployment rate of two per cent, which is less than the national average of 3.4 per cent.

This leaves 41 per cent of Woolston's residents older than 16 'economically inactive' - which could mean they are retired, or 'unable to work.'

Just over 17 per cent of Woolston's 16+ population possess no recognised qualifications, which is approximately 1,014 residents; meanwhile, 28 per cent of residents have Level 4 qualifications or higher.

This makes Woolston residents some of the least educated in Warrington, with the statistics showing that areas including Penketh, Birchwood, and Culcheth have a higher proportion of residents with Level 4 qualifications or above.

All data is taken from the Office for National Statistics' report on the 2021 census.