Photo: S Parish · CC BY-SA 2.0Allostock is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 63.4
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Allostock has 0.9%. There were 220 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 417 residents. Across Allostock, 15% of residents give unpaid care. 6.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
Allostock: 47% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of UK towns: 3.9%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 1.8%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Allostock, 29% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 32% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 4.3% in the village.
Only 6.4% of households in Allostock have dependent children
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Here 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. Households average 1.9 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 30%, more than in 56% of UK towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 4.1%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in detached houses is 26%, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns, at 99%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born outside the UK: 3.9% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%) or in EU countries (1.2%).
20% of residents said they have no religion, below 99% of UK towns
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
White British, not charted: 96% of Allostock · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Allostock. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 96%, more than in 89% of UK towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.2%), Indian (1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%).
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 17%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Married adults and civil partners: 54%, above 84% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of adults in Allostock (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 25% (England’s towns: 18%).
Allostock is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allostock | 417 | — | 63.4 | 47% | 6.4% |
| Goostrey | 1,952 | 1.6 mi | 58.5 | 40% | 19% |
| Holmes Chapel | 6,674 | 2.7 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 29% |
| Lostock Gralam | 2,719 | 4 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Rudheath | 4,803 | 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 26% |
| Middlewich | 14,428 | 4.3 mi | 44.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Knutsford | 13,254 | 4.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 27% |
| Pickmere | 2,800 | 4.8 mi | 48 | 23% | 32% |
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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 Allostock’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 Allostock’s residents
What is the population of Allostock?
The 2021 Census counted 417 people in Allostock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Allostock?
The median age was 63.4 at the 2021 Census. 3.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Allostock?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Allostock?
20% said they had no religion and 73% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Allostock good for families?
6.4% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Allostock’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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