Photo: Nigel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, nearly half of households live in a detached house here. At the 2021 Census, 494 people lived in Alpraham, in 196 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 60% locally. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns.
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 48.1, Alpraham is older than three quarters of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% locally. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 89% of UK towns: 12%
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%.
43% of Alpraham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students account for 4.9%.
Bigger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
By its share of households with dependent children (30%), Alpraham is above 74% of UK towns.
Alpraham sits below 96% of UK towns for households without a car or van (6.6%)
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 2.5% in Alpraham. Households in terraced houses account for 9%. Every 15th household or so has no car or van.
2.2% of residents were born outside the UK, below 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Alpraham has more residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%.
Alpraham ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58%
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 Alpraham · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Pakistani (0.6%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. 36% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%.
Adults who have never married: 27%, a lower share than 87% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 18 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Alpraham counts 43% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Alpraham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpraham | 494 | — | 48.1 | 22% | 30% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 1.8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 2.5 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Winsford | 32,522 | 5.4 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 5.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 6.2 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 6.4 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 7.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Alpraham’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 Alpraham’s residents
What is the population of Alpraham?
The 2021 Census counted 494 people in Alpraham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alpraham?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alpraham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alpraham?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Alpraham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alpraham’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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