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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003814

Middlewich East

Middlewich East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,376 residents in Cheshire East. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire East
8,376

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,487

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,449.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

Westhoughton Daisy Hill, Bolton7,662 residents · 83.0% owned · 10.4% no carLowford, Eastleigh9,670 residents · 65.3% owned · 8.4% no carChippenham West, Wiltshire9,851 residents · 72.4% owned · 11.8% no carMountsorrel & Rothley, Charnwood12,258 residents · 74.8% owned · 10.7% no carOutwood East, Wakefield6,146 residents · 81.3% owned · 12.7% no carLowton, Wigan8,956 residents · 81.5% owned · 9.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Middlewich East

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

Tenure

Owned73.6%
2,565 households
Private rented12.7%
443 households
Social rented12.4%
432 households
Shared ownership1.3%
46 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached41%
1,429 households
Semi-detached33.4%
1,166 households
Terraced21.5%
748 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.9%
101 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
16 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.7%
1,386 households
2 cars or vans in household38.3%
1,338 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.9%
415 households
No cars or vans in household10%
350 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.2%
1,402 households
4 or more bedrooms30.9%
1,077 households
2 bedrooms24.9%
869 households
1 bedroom4%
138 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.6%
2,460 households
One-person household25.7%
895 households
Other household types3.8%
131 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,278 households
1 person in household25.7%
895 households
3 people in household17.5%
609 households
4 people in household14.4%
503 households
5 people in household4.2%
145 households
6 people in household1.3%
44 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
1,577 residents
15–2916.8%
1,408 residents
30–4420.5%
1,714 residents
45–6429.1%
2,433 residents
65 and over14.8%
1,243 residents
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
8,133 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
117 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
79 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
22 residents
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
2,087 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.5%
1,374 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.7%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14%
935 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
669 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.4%
4,448 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.8%
2,132 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.9%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.6%
977 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
897 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
856 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
776 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
4,194 residents
Good health33.4%
2,800 residents
Fair health12.1%
1,013 residents
Bad health3.5%
291 residents
Very bad health0.9%
79 residents
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.8%
7,017 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.2%
1,359 residents
Middlewich East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.4%
1,930 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.5%
1,063 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
407 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
84 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Middlewich East · 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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