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57.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 57.3: Acton Bridge is older than 98% of UK towns

Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 15% in Acton Bridge. At the 2021 Census Acton Bridge was home to 185 people in 85 households. Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Acton Bridge comes in at 1.2%.

32%aged 65 or over 2.7%born abroad 85households

Ages

Acton Bridge: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Acton BridgeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Acton Bridge has 8%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 158%

15 to 248%

25 to 4410%

45 to 6441%

65 and over32%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Acton Bridge

England

WomenMen

About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Acton Bridge sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.3%)

What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students4.1%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional31%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical5.9%

Semi-routine5.9%

Routine7.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.5%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Acton Bridge

4.3%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 4.3%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.1% in Acton Bridge.

Households

Acton Bridge sits below 99% of UK towns for one-person households (19%)

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 9.4%Living alone, under 66 9.4%Families with dependent children 15%Couples and families, no young children 64%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns

Acton Bridge

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people55%

3 people15%

4 people5.9%

5 or more3.5%

England’s towns.

In Acton Bridge the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Acton Bridge sits above 91% of UK towns for households in detached houses (52%)

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Acton Bridge

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van1.2%

One33%

Two48%

Three or more18%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Acton Bridge has 27%. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

In Acton Bridge, 2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% of UK towns

Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.

Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%

Acton Bridge

2.7%

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in Africa (1.1%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

Only 27% of residents said they have no religion in Acton Bridge

How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.

Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.2%

Asian0%

Mixed0%

Black0.5%

Other0.5%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Acton Bridge · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion27%

Christian65%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion1.1%

Didn’t answer6.5%

0%40%80%

By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (65%), Acton Bridge is above 98% of UK towns. 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 95% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership22%

Married or civil partnership63%

Separated0%

Divorced11%

Widowed4.1%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

24residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 13%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week9.7%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more1.6%

3 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 13%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 22% here and 39% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 48% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications11%

Apprenticeship8.8%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level48%

Acton BridgeCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Acton Bridge, 48%, and 11% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

Every neighbour of Acton Bridge has a younger population

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WeaverhamCuddingtonBarntonHartfordKingsleyNorthwichDavenhamActon Bridge

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Acton Bridge	185	—	57.3	32%	15%
Weaverham	6,266	1.3 mi	45.9	24%	27%
Cuddington	5,860	2 mi	47.1	26%	29%
Barnton	6,245	2.4 mi	44	22%	27%
Hartford	6,698	2.9 mi	48	23%	30%
Kingsley	1,551	3 mi	55.5	33%	24%
Northwich	18,646	3.6 mi	38.3	15%	28%
Davenham	13,840	4.3 mi	45.6	20%	30%

More about Acton Bridge’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

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How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Acton Bridge’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.

Questions about Acton Bridge’s residents

What is the population of Acton Bridge?

The 2021 Census counted 185 people in Acton Bridge’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Acton Bridge?

The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Acton Bridge?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Acton Bridge?

27% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.

Is Acton Bridge good for families?

15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Acton Bridge’s schools page.

Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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