Photo: Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer families than 95% of UK towns: 20% of households have children
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Malpas. Locally, 38% of households are one person living alone. Two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, a lower share than in 91% of UK towns. The village counted 1,361 residents and 644 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Malpas’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Malpas’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% 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).
Older than 90% of UK towns: half of Malpas is over 51.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 7.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. In Malpas, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 83% of UK 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.
Full-time students: 4%, a lower share than 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2.1 people per household, 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.
Malpas has more shared households of unrelated adults than 50% of UK towns, at 2.3%.
Households in detached houses: 22%, a lower share than 69% 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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 22% in Malpas. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 55% of UK towns, at 14%. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 11% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns: 4.3%
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Malpas. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (1%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 92% of UK towns, at 31%
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 Malpas · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.2%).
9.9% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 66% 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
Adults who have never married: 32% here and 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. 37 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 22% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Malpas, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpas | 1,361 | — | 51.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Whitchurch | 9,856 | 4.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 24% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 6.3 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 6.3 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 6.8 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 7.1 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 8.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 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 Malpas’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 Malpas’s residents
What is the population of Malpas?
The 2021 Census counted 1,361 people in Malpas’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Malpas?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Malpas?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Malpas?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Malpas good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Malpas’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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