Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of UK towns, at 1.2%
Adults who have never married: 28% here and 39% across England’s towns. At 57%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 88% of UK towns. Frodsham counted 9,101 residents and 4,084 households at the 2021 Census. Across Frodsham, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Slower growth than 78% of UK towns: Frodsham changed by +1% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Frodsham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,100 people in 2011; 9,200 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+15%) and 30 to 44 least (−12%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2012: 130 more people.
Frodsham is older than 80% of UK towns: a median age of 49
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2%, against 12% across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Frodsham, 49. 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.
Above 74% of UK towns: 5.5% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 76% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Frodsham has 32%. On the census count, 25% of households have dependent children.
Frodsham: 37% of households live in a detached house, above 70% of UK towns
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Frodsham has 16%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. On the census count, 9.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 80% of UK towns: 99%
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
Since 2017: 17% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK account for 4.7%. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 74% of UK towns: 95%
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 Frodsham · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.3%). At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in just over three quarters of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 73% of UK towns: 52%
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
The share of unpaid carers tops 72% of UK towns: 10%. Some 307 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 42%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Frodsham, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
93rd highest median age among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Frodsham in age: East Boldon and West Boldon (48.9), Romiley (49), Princes Risborough (49) and Ulverston (49.1).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Frodsham
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 Frodsham’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. Frodsham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 9,178 people in 2021, against 9,101 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 Frodsham’s residents
What is the population of Frodsham?
The 2021 Census counted 9,101 people in Frodsham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,200 people in mid-2024, 1% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Frodsham?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frodsham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Frodsham?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Frodsham good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Frodsham’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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