Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.061% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% of UK towns
2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. There were 1,242 households in Kelsall at the 2021 Census, home to 2,997 residents. The census found that 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally. More married adults and civil partners than in 98% of UK towns: 60%.
What the Census says about Kelsall’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kelsall’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 50.3: Kelsall is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Kelsall, 26%. The census found that 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in the town.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kelsall, 50.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 56% of UK towns: 4.9%
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 account for nearly half of Kelsall’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 14%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Kelsall sits below 93% of UK towns for one-person households (23%)
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.
Households in Kelsall hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Here, 29% of households have dependent children. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 6.4% of households in Kelsall have no car or van
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 6.8% in Kelsall.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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, 4.7%. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 4.4% of the total.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 57%
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 Kelsall · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The census found that 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Kelsall.
Kelsall sits below 97% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
Some 76 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 48% of adults in Kelsall, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 125th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Kelsall in age: North Ferriby (50.2), Copmanthorpe (50.3), Spixworth (50.3) and Caddington (50.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Kelsall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsall | 2,997 | — | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 2.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 4 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Kingsley | 1,551 | 4.5 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 24% |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 4.9 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Cuddington | 5,860 | 5.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 29% |
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | 5.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Helsby | 5,278 | 5.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Kelsall’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 Kelsall’s residents
What is the population of Kelsall?
The 2021 Census counted 2,997 people in Kelsall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kelsall?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 86% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kelsall?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kelsall?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Kelsall good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kelsall’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.