Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Langley is over 55.2
In Langley, 15% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. There were 116 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 240 residents. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 34% here. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns.
29% of residents are 65 or over, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
In Langley, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 83% 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%.
At 8%, the share of full-time students is in line with the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 22% of households have dependent children in Langley
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.6% in Langley. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.1 people. Few places have as many one-person households: 31% here, more than in 61% of UK towns.
Only 8.7% of households have no car or van in Langley
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Langley comes in at 15%. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. In Langley, 18% of households live in a detached house.
5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 64% 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Langley has 98%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%).
In Langley, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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: 95% of Langley · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
For 4 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Langley has fewer adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns, at 23%.
50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Langley, 9.9%, while 50% hold one at degree level (34%). 15% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Langley is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 240 | — | 55.2 | 29% | 22% |
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 2.1 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 25% |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 3.7 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 25% |
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 4.1 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 25% |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 7.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 7.3 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 26% |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 7.4 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 36% |
| Poynton | 13,015 | 7.4 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 26% |
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 Langley’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 Langley’s residents
What is the population of Langley?
The 2021 Census counted 240 people in Langley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langley?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langley?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Langley good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langley’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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