Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns, at 7.5%
With households without a car or van at 7.2%, Farndon is behind 95% of UK towns on that count. There were 972 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 2,227 residents. The census found that 56% of households live in a detached house in the village. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 84% of UK towns.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.5, Farndon is older than 58% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 5–9: 7% of residents. In Prestbury, the oldest of Cheshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 61% of UK towns: 8.2%
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%.
45% of Farndon’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. More full-time students than in 51% of UK towns: 4.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%, a lower share than 90% 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.
28% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. In Farndon, 31% of households have dependent children.
Only 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Farndon
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
Here 18% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Farndon, more than in 92% 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.9%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns, at 60%
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 Farndon · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.5%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Farndon has fewer residents with no religion than 87% of UK towns, at 33%.
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 91% 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
At 8.7%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The census found that 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Farndon. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
44% of Farndon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.9% have none (18%).
Farndon is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farndon | 2,227 | — | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 0.7 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Rossett | 1,977 | 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 26% |
| Gresford | 4,948 | 3.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 4.1 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 5.2 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Wrexham | 44,781 | 5.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Llay | 4,666 | 5.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 29% |
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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 Farndon’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 Farndon’s residents
What is the population of Farndon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,227 people in Farndon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farndon?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farndon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farndon?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Farndon good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farndon’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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