Photo: Nick Chipchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Clotton is over 56.3
Flats are home to 2.7% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. At 29%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 434 residents in 152 households. Locally, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Clotton, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Clotton, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 74 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.9% of adults are full-time students
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 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Clotton has 8.4%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 82% 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: 2% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. In Clotton, 27% of households are one person living alone. The village has fewer households with dependent children than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 26%.
Above 98% of UK towns: 64% of households live in a detached house
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, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Clotton has 7.5%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.6% locally.
Clotton sits below 91% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3%)
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 whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.6%) and in Africa (0.9%).
64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Clotton · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Clotton has 96%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 77% of UK towns don’t reach
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
8 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.3% here, fewer than in 77% of UK towns.
Among adults, 38% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 27% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Clotton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clotton | 434 | — | 56.3 | 40% | 26% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 2.1 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 2.5 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 2.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 3.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 4.5 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 29% |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 5.6 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
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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 Clotton’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 Clotton’s residents
What is the population of Clotton?
The 2021 Census counted 434 people in Clotton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clotton?
The median age was 56.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clotton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clotton?
29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Clotton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clotton’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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