Photo: Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0Brown Knowl is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.3
1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Brown Knowl had 213 residents in 91 households at the 2021 Census. For Brown Knowl, the census puts households in detached houses at 77%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Brown Knowl ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Brown Knowl, 7% of adults are full-time students, more than in 91% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 46% of Brown Knowl’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Brown Knowl, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns, at 22%
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.
25% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
3.3% of households live in a terraced house, below 99% 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
With households without a car or van at 7.6%, Brown Knowl is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
Brown Knowl sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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 outside the UK: 6.1% here and 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 98% 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 Brown Knowl · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 31% here and 37% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 96%, more than in 85% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns: 56%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Brown Knowl, 27%. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Brown Knowl’s adults: 44% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many of the 19% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Brown Knowl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Knowl | 213 | — | 54.3 | 34% | 25% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 3.1 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Malpas | 1,361 | 4 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 4.8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 5 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 5.4 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 6.5 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 7.8 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Brown Knowl’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 Brown Knowl’s residents
What is the population of Brown Knowl?
The 2021 Census counted 213 people in Brown Knowl’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brown Knowl?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brown Knowl?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brown Knowl?
31% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brown Knowl good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brown Knowl’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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