Photo: Jonathan Hutchins · CC BY-SA 2.0In Alsager, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
With households in terraced houses at 11%, Alsager is behind 85% of UK towns on that count. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in four fifths of UK towns. Census day 2021: 15,504 residents and 6,874 households in the town. On the census count, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Alsager’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Alsager at 13,400 in 2011 and 16,400 in 2024, up 23%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 89% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Alsager grew +23% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 89% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Alsager’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,400 people in 2011; 16,400 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 0 to 15 changed most (+35%) and 45 to 64 least (+9%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2020 to mid-2021: 670 people.
Only 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Alsager
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 47.2, Alsager is older than 70% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Prestbury, the oldest of Cheshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Alsager, 47.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 76% of UK towns: 10%
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Alsager has 4.7%. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 65% of UK towns
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.
26% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. In Alsager, 30% of households are one person living alone.
In Alsager, 42% of households live in a detached house, more than in 81% of UK towns
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
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 12% in Alsager. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in flats: 7.3% of the total.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.1%, a lower share than 76% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Here 99% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% 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: 95% of Alsager · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Alsager, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% of the total. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 83% of UK towns: 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
The share of unpaid carers tops 70% of UK towns: 10%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 438. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Alsager counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 33 in Haslington & Weston to 60 in Scholar Green, Rode Heath & Brereton
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Scholar Green, Rode Heath & Brereton is the oldest area, with 43% aged 65 or over; Haslington & Weston the youngest (median age 33). Families with children are most common in Haslington & Weston (48% of households).
354 UK towns of 11,000 to 21,000 people: this is the 76th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Alsager in age: Belper (47.1), Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne (47.1), Bradwell (47.2) and Sandbach (47.3).
Around Alsager, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsager | 15,504 | — | 47.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Rode Heath | 1,901 | 1.5 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Scholar Green | 2,095 | 2.5 mi | 52.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Talke and Talke Pits | 3,436 | 2.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 18% |
| Kidsgrove | 15,598 | 2.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Audley | 1,984 | 3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Bignall End | 3,184 | 3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 3.1 mi | 48.8 | 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 Alsager’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Alsager’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 15,023 people in 2021, against 15,504 in the built-up area.
- 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 Alsager’s residents
What is the population of Alsager?
The 2021 Census counted 15,504 people in Alsager’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,400 people in mid-2024, 23% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Alsager?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 70% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alsager?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alsager?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Alsager good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Haslington & Weston (48% of households). Schools are on Alsager’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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