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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003813

Middlewich West

Middlewich West is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,049 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
6,049

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,787

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,725.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.1%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Swanwick & Leabrooks, Amber Valley8,441 residents · 80.3% owned · 13.3% no carSpennells & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest6,394 residents · 73.8% owned · 11.0% no carWilthorpe & Barugh Green, Barnsley11,663 residents · 76.6% owned · 16.2% no carRipley West, Amber Valley6,826 residents · 81.6% owned · 14.8% no carDothill & Shawbirch, Telford and Wrekin8,004 residents · 72.5% owned · 15.0% no carAltofts, Wakefield5,927 residents · 75.4% owned · 17.7% no car

Most similar within Cheshire East

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Sandbach Heath, Cheshire East5,590 residents · 70.3% owned · 17.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Middlewich West

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned75.2%
2,095 households
Private rented13.6%
378 households
Social rented10.5%
293 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.5%
1,102 households
Semi-detached33.4%
932 households
Terraced16.8%
467 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.6%
212 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
36 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.2%
1,093 households
2 cars or vans in household33.5%
933 households
No cars or vans in household15.1%
421 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.2%
340 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.6%
1,075 households
2 bedrooms26.9%
749 households
4 or more bedrooms26.4%
735 households
1 bedroom8.2%
228 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.6%
1,805 households
One-person household32.5%
909 households
Other household types2.8%
79 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.3%
1,067 households
1 person in household32.6%
909 households
3 people in household16.4%
457 households
4 people in household9.3%
260 households
5 people in household2.3%
63 households
6 people in household0.9%
24 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.6%
764 residents
15–2913.7%
828 residents
30–4415.7%
948 residents
45–6431.4%
1,900 residents
65 and over26.6%
1,607 residents
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
5,895 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
66 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
57 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
19 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
11 residents
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.1%
1,524 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
951 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.2%
903 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
804 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
2,970 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
2,182 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.9%
1,093 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.6%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
690 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
686 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.1%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
390 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.1%
2,669 residents
Good health36.2%
2,187 residents
Fair health13.9%
842 residents
Bad health4.6%
278 residents
Very bad health1.2%
72 residents
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.9%
4,893 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.1%
1,156 residents
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.3%
1,402 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
967 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.6%
351 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
61 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Middlewich West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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