Photo: Plucas58 · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Culcheth
With a median age of 50, Culcheth is older than 84% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 6,722 residents and 2,875 households in the town. Across Culcheth, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian. In Culcheth, 5.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns.
What the Census says about Culcheth’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Culcheth at 6,000 in 2011 and 6,000 in 2024, down 1%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, 90% of UK towns grew faster than Culcheth: −1%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Culcheth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,000 people in 2011; 6,000 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+17%) and the 30 to 44 least (−16%).
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.7%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Culcheth, 50. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Culcheth, 47% and 15%. The share of full-time students stands at 5.1%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 60% of UK towns: 2.3 people each on average
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.
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 30% across England’s towns. In Culcheth, 27% of households have dependent children.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 86% of UK towns: 11%
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
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 12% in Culcheth. Across Culcheth, 46% of households live in a detached house.
In Culcheth, 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 83% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.7%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Culcheth has more residents whose main language is English than 85% of UK towns, at 99%. Since 2017: a tenth of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
32% said they have no religion, fewer than in 89% 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: 95% of Culcheth · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Culcheth, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%).
Culcheth sits below 92% of UK towns for adults who have never married (25%)
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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Culcheth. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Culcheth, one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Culcheth’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 43% have one at degree level (34%).
83rd highest median age among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.9 in Red Lodge to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Culcheth in age: Hedon (50), Brigg (50), Hoylake (50) and Needham Market (50).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Culcheth
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Culcheth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Culcheth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,098 people in 2021, against 6,722 in the built-up area.
- 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 Culcheth’s residents
What is the population of Culcheth?
The 2021 Census counted 6,722 people in Culcheth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,000 people in mid-2024, 1% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Culcheth?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census, older than 84% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Culcheth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culcheth?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Culcheth good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Culcheth’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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