Photo: Dennis Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment
Detached houses are home to 70% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,840 residents and 747 households in Mickle Trafford. Locally, three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns.
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 82% 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 Mickle Trafford, 25%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. The median age here is 47.3, higher than in 71% of UK 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.
6.6% of adults are full-time students, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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 half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Across Mickle Trafford, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Mickle Trafford households average 2.5 people, larger than in 86% 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.
In Mickle Trafford, 31% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2% of the total.
In Mickle Trafford, 5.1% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% 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 in terraced houses is 24%; Mickle Trafford has 6.6%. Every 20th household or so has no car or van.
Above 93% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 4.5% in Mickle Trafford. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
58% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 89% 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: 94% of Mickle Trafford · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 34% of residents said they have no religion in Mickle Trafford. The census found that 94% of residents describe themselves as White British in the village. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 92% of UK towns: 25%
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
42 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. On unpaid carers, Mickle Trafford sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 11%.
Degree-level qualifications: 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 50% of Mickle Trafford’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 15%.
Older than Mickle Trafford: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | — | 47.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 1.1 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Moston | 1,099 | 2.6 mi | 26.8 | 3.2% | 55% |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 2.9 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 29% |
| Chester | 92,756 | 3.2 mi | 40 | 19% | 25% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 3.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Elton | 3,293 | 3.5 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Helsby | 5,278 | 4.2 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 24% |
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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 Mickle Trafford’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 Mickle Trafford’s residents
What is the population of Mickle Trafford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,840 people in Mickle Trafford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mickle Trafford?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mickle Trafford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mickle Trafford?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Mickle Trafford good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mickle Trafford’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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