In Aston, 4% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment here. In Aston, three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 64% here, more than in 98% of UK towns. The village is home to 428 residents in 176 households, by the 2021 Census.
Aston ranks below 84% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. With a median age of 48.6, Aston is older than 77% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 13%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
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%.
By its share of full-time students (4.5%), Aston is below 63% of UK towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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.
Households in Aston hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). In Aston, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 27% here, fewer than in 51% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Aston ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 73%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Aston comes in at 5.1%. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 3.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Aston
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Aston has more residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns, at 99%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns, at 31%
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 Aston · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 73% of UK towns. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Aston sits below 97% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents. Higher than in 73% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 46% of adults in Aston, 34% across England’s towns; 9.4% have no qualification, against 18%.
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Aston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston | 428 | — | 48.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 3.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 4.2 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 5.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 5.6 mi | 47 | 24% | 24% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 6.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Prees Higher Heath | 1,226 | 7.6 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 21% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 7.6 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
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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 Aston’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 Aston’s residents
What is the population of Aston?
The 2021 Census counted 428 people in Aston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aston?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aston?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Aston good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aston’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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