Photo: Mike Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0Hough is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.7
The share of households in detached houses is 78%, against 21% across England’s towns. Hough’s 342 households held 744 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 63% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Hough is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.2%.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns, at 18%
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.
The share of one-person households is 23%, against 30% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
In Hough, 4.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Hough has 6.8%.
4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 77% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns.
Hough ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 65%
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: 97% of Hough · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. On the census count, 28% of residents said they have no religion. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 21%
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
26 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 9.3%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Hough (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Hough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hough | 744 | — | 54.7 | 31% | 18% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 2.4 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 3.1 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 3.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 3.9 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 4.5 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 28% |
| Audley | 1,984 | 5.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Hough’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 Hough’s residents
What is the population of Hough?
The 2021 Census counted 744 people in Hough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hough?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hough?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hough?
28% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hough good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hough’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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