Photo: The original uploader was Matthewneiljones at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 1.0Half of Hankelow is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Hankelow has 22%. Census day 2021: 343 residents and 149 households in the village. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 98%. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 4.6% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, below 91% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 12% in Hankelow and 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7%, Hankelow is ahead of 66% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
Hankelow sits above 98% of UK towns for households in detached houses (63%)
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Locally, 14% of households live in a terraced house. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 0.9%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Set against 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language in Hankelow.
In Hankelow, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 97% 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: 98% of Hankelow · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 31% of residents said they have no religion here. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Hankelow, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 59% in Hankelow. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 12%.
39% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Hankelow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankelow | 343 | — | 52 | 30% | 22% |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 1.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 4.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 4.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 4.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Madeley | 3,293 | 6.4 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 23% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 6.6 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Market Drayton | 12,062 | 7.2 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Hankelow’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 Hankelow’s residents
What is the population of Hankelow?
The 2021 Census counted 343 people in Hankelow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hankelow?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hankelow?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 0.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hankelow?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hankelow good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hankelow’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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