Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 32% in Elworth, more than in 83% of UK towns
44% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). At the 2021 Census Elworth was home to 7,646 people in 3,252 households. Across Elworth, 9.3% of households have no car or van. Lower than in 77% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Elworth’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Elworth at 5,700 in 2011 and 8,000 in 2024, up 39%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 96% 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.
Elworth grew +39% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Elworth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,700 people in 2011; 8,000 in 2024.
The biggest one-year rise was mid-2014 to mid-2015, 400 people. The 65 and over age group moved most (+61%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (+28%).
Half of Elworth is under 41.3, younger than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9.7% in Elworth. Across Elworth, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Elworth, 41.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.4% in Elworth, more than in 72% 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%.
44% of Elworth’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.7%. As a yardstick, 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.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 79% 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. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Elworth sits below 81% of UK towns for households in flats (5.5%)
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Elworth comes in at 14%. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 61% of UK towns: 98%
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
Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 18%. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.4%), then in Africa (1.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%, a higher share than 70% 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: 93% of Elworth · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.5%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Elworth and 73% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 67% of UK towns: 51%
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
32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 144.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Elworth, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
Ranked by age, 114th youngest of 538 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Elworth in age: Linthwaite and Slaithwaite (41.2), Queensbury (41.3), Pheasey (41.3) and Ashford Common (41.3).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Elworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elworth | 7,646 | — | 41.3 | 16% | 32% |
| Wheelock | 2,155 | 1.2 mi | 38.1 | 15% | 34% |
| Sandbach | 11,289 | 1.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 23% |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 2.4 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 28% |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 3.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Middlewich | 14,428 | 3.5 mi | 44.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Holmes Chapel | 6,674 | 4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 29% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 4.1 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
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 Elworth’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. Elworth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,646 people in 2021, against 7,646 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 Elworth’s residents
What is the population of Elworth?
The 2021 Census counted 7,646 people in Elworth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,000 people in mid-2024, 39% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Elworth?
The median age was 41.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 73% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elworth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elworth?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Elworth good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elworth’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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