{{Short description|Electoral ward in Cheshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.3973|-2.6084|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Bewsey | map_type = Cheshire | population = 3,330 | population_ref = (2001) | unitary_england = [[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cheshire]] | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Warrington South (UK Parliament constituency)|Warrington South]] | post_town = Warrington | postcode_district = WA5 | postcode_area = WA | dial_code = 01925 | os_grid_reference = SJ595891 }}
[[File:Bewsey_Road,_Warrington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2264562.jpg|thumb|right|Bewsey Road]] '''Bewsey and Whitecross''' is a ward to the west of the town centre of [[Warrington]] (and includes much of the town centre), in the [[Borough of Warrington|Warrington]] district, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. The town's General Hospital is within the ward. The area is served by the 16/16A bus route from Dallam to Warrington.<ref>Warrington Borough Transport</ref> Sankey Valley Park runs through Bewsey, there are community centres at Whitecross and Bewsey Park, and a community and health hub is to be built to serve the former council estates of Bewsey and Dallam. There are five primary schools, while the nearest high schools are [[Beamont Collegiate Academy]] in the [[Orford, Warrington|Orford]] area, [[Great Sankey High School]] in Great Sankey, and St Gregory's RC High School.<ref>A local Warrington street plan</ref>
== Demographics == ''Note: Statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%.''
=== Politics === Bewsey and Whitecross ward is represented on Warrington Borough Council by three councillors.
=== Census data === Data is based on that of Bewsey and Whitecross Ward.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.warrington.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/7282/2014_bewsey_and_whitecross_ward_profile |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 May 2015 |archive-date=16 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116013715/http://www.warrington.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/7282/2014_bewsey_and_whitecross_ward_profile |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==== Population and ethnicity ==== Bewsey and Whitecross ward has{{when|date=March 2025}} a population of 9,840 residents. 49.3% are male and 50.7% are female. The average age of the population at the census was 36.1 years. Of the 9,840 residents, 96.2% of the population describe their ethnicity as white. Other significant minorities are mixed (0.6%), black (0.4%)and Asian (2.1%). Other races account for 0.7% of the population.
==== Housing and social situation ==== In the ward, there are 4,431 households, of which 51.5% are owner-occupied. 34.1% account for council housing, 11.2% are rented from private landlords and 3.1% of houses have residents who live rent free. In the last two quarters of 2005, the average price of a house in Bewsey was £132,235. The population density of Bewsey and Whitecross is 12.6 residents per hectare. Also, 8.3% of households are classed as overcrowded. According to the ACORN index, 49.6% of residents describe Bewsey and Whitecross as a "hard-pressed" area. According to the indices of multiple deprivation, the ward falls into the slightly below average ward economically. 12.8% of residents are on benefits.
====Employment and education==== In the ward, employment rate stands at 58.2% of the population. On top of this, 5.0% of all economically active residents are unemployed (this is significantly above the Warrington unemployment rate of 2.9%), 1.7% are students in full-time education. 35.0% are classed as "economically inactive" (due to long-term disability, retirement or full-time carer status). In terms of education, 37.25 have no qualifications whatsoever. The majority (46%) have level one (at least 1+ GCSE at A*-G or equivalent) or level two (at least 5+ GCSEs at A*-G or 1 A-Level at A-E or equivalent) qualifications. 11.0% have level three or higher (at least 2+ A-levels (A-E) or 4+ AS-levels at A-E or equivalent) qualifications.
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[[Category:Villages in Cheshire]] [[Category:Warrington]]