Photo: Stephen Charles · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Churton has 15%. At the same time, at 32%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The village had 396 residents in 155 households at the 2021 Census. Across Churton, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
In Churton, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Churton is 44.5, higher than in 50% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
More full-time students than 95% of UK towns: 8.8%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Churton has 49% and 11%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in three fifths of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Churton households average 2.5 people, larger than in 92% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
In Churton, 1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 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
Households in terraced houses: 16%, below 67% of UK towns. For Churton, the census puts households in detached houses at 59%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 7.3%, a higher share than 58% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
Churton sits below 96% of UK towns for residents with no religion (28%)
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: 93% of Churton · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 93% in Churton.
Adults who have never married: 24%, a lower share than 96% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 5. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 51%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Churton counts 51% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8.2% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 13% is A levels, often students still at university.
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Churton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churton | 396 | — | 44.5 | 20% | 32% |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 1.2 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 1.8 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Rossett | 1,977 | 3 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 26% |
| Gresford | 4,948 | 4.1 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 4.6 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 5.2 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| Llay | 4,666 | 5.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 29% |
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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 Churton’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 Churton’s residents
What is the population of Churton?
The 2021 Census counted 396 people in Churton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Churton?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Churton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Churton?
28% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Churton good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Churton’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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