Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Audlem is over 58.2, older than 99% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63%, above 97% of UK towns. Audlem had 1,833 residents in 847 households at the 2021 Census. For Audlem, the census puts households in detached houses at 60%. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Audlem’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Audlem’s residents are under 58.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 39% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 39%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 95% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Audlem has 4.1%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Audlem sits below 96% of UK towns for households with dependent children (19%)
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Audlem, 2.1. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Locally, 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. 31% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 60% of UK towns.
Fewer car-free households than 91% of UK towns: 8.2%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Audlem, 5.5%. Every 12th household or so has no car or van. In Audlem, 11% of households live in a terraced house.
In Audlem, 3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 81% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops three fifths of UK towns: 98%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 92% of UK towns: 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: 96% of Audlem · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Bangladeshi (0.1%). Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 85% of UK towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
Some 40 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Audlem has more unpaid carers than 82% of UK towns, at 11%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of adults in Audlem (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Audlem
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audlem | 1,833 | — | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 5.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 5.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Loggerheads | 2,523 | 6.9 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Madeley | 3,293 | 7.2 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 23% |
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 7.6 mi | 47 | 24% | 24% |
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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 Audlem’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 Audlem’s residents
What is the population of Audlem?
The 2021 Census counted 1,833 people in Audlem’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Audlem?
The median age was 58.2 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Audlem?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Audlem?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Audlem good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Audlem’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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