Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5% in Davenham, less than in 92% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 9.8%, Davenham is behind 83% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 57% here. More married adults and civil partners than in 77% of UK towns: 52%. The town is home to 13,840 residents in 5,908 households, by the 2021 Census.
Growth of +11% since 2011 puts Davenham ahead of 63% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Davenham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,900 people in 2011; 15,300 in 2024.
Between mid-2017 and mid-2018 the population rose by 240, its biggest one-year gain. The 65 and over age group changed most (+60%) and the 30 to 44 least (−10%).
Older than 58% of UK towns: half of Davenham is over 45.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 18% across England’s towns. For Davenham, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Davenham, 45.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 67% 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%.
Here 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 77% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 71% of UK towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Davenham sits above 77% of UK towns for households in detached houses (41%)
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 live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 7.5% in Davenham. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 16%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 63% of UK towns: 5.1%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 61% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Nearly a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Davenham sits above 67% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (94%)
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: 94% of Davenham · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.5%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Davenham ranks below 65% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 30%
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 341 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 9.5%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Davenham compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 13% hold no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 43 in Rudheath West & Leftwich to 47 in Davenham & Moulton
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Davenham & Moulton is the oldest area, with 23% aged 65 or over; Rudheath West & Leftwich the youngest (median age 43). Families with children are most common in Hartford & Kingsmead (31% of households).
132nd oldest of 360 UK towns of 10,000 to 19,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Davenham in age: Cirencester (45.5), Blackwood (45.5), Cranleigh (45.6) and Bedlington (45.7).
Around Davenham, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Davenham’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. Davenham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,739 people in 2021, against 13,840 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 Davenham’s residents
What is the population of Davenham?
The 2021 Census counted 13,840 people in Davenham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 15,300 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Davenham?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Davenham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Davenham?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Davenham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Hartford & Kingsmead (31% of households). Schools are on Davenham’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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