Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Lower Peover is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
By its share of adults who have never married (21%), Lower Peover is below 99% of UK towns. Locally, 0.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns. The village counted 453 residents and 197 households at the 2021 Census.
6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 28% in Lower Peover. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
1.6% 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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 24%, a lower share than 80% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%.
Lower Peover ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.6%
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 flat or apartment across England’s towns, Lower Peover has 1.5%. Locally, 54% of households live in a detached house. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 91% of UK towns, at 8.9%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns, at 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
5.1% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Only 26% of residents said they have no religion in Lower Peover
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 Lower Peover · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 68%.
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more 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
Unpaid carers: 7.3%, below 94% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Lower Peover, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Lower Peover
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Peover | 453 | — | 52.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Goostrey | 1,952 | 2.8 mi | 58.5 | 40% | 19% |
| Lostock Gralam | 2,719 | 3 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Knutsford | 13,254 | 3.5 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 27% |
| Pickmere | 2,800 | 3.6 mi | 48 | 23% | 32% |
| Rudheath | 4,803 | 3.6 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 26% |
| Holmes Chapel | 6,674 | 4.1 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 29% |
| Mobberley | 1,349 | 4.7 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Lower Peover’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 Lower Peover’s residents
What is the population of Lower Peover?
The 2021 Census counted 453 people in Lower Peover’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Peover?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Peover?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Peover?
26% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Peover good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Peover’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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