The population of Cheshire East is 398,772 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Cheshire East is 203,195, and the female population is 195,577. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 357,337, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 15,884. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (216,629), followed by No religion (150,257), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (95,796), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (55,229). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the Cheshire East area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (117,159), while 87,692 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 123,785 adults have Level 3 education, while 45,115 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Cheshire East area are
The average age of people living in Cheshire East is 44 years old. The top three age distributions are: Below 14 (64906), Between 45 to 54 (56712), and Between 55 to 64 (56115). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Cheshire East has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (74,148) followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (55,769), and Intermediate occupations (38,196). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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The postcode district SY, ST, CW, SK, WA are associated with the Cheshire East, and there are total 23 postcode areas (listed below). The Cheshire East has a total of 13884 postcodes overall.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | Cheshire East |
| Ward | Alderley Edge Alsager Audlem Bollington Brereton Rural Broken Cross and Upton Bunbury Chelford Congleton East Congleton West Crewe Central Crewe East Crewe North Crewe South Crewe St Barnabas Crewe West Dane Valley Disley Gawsworth Handforth Haslington High Legh Knutsford Leighton Macclesfield Central Macclesfield East Macclesfield Hurdsfield Macclesfield South Macclesfield Tytherington Macclesfield West and Ivy Middlewich Mobberley Nantwich North and West Nantwich South and Stapeley Odd Rode Poynton East and Pott Shrigley Poynton West and Adlington Prestbury Sandbach Elworth Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock Sandbach Heath and East Sandbach Town Shavington Sutton Willaston and Rope Wilmslow Dean Row Wilmslow East Wilmslow Lacey Green Wilmslow West and Chorley Wistaston Wrenbury Wybunbury |
| LTLA22 | |
| UTLA22 | Cheshire East |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |