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44.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 57%

By its share of households in detached houses (40%), Middlewich is above 76% of UK towns. Across Middlewich, 12% of households have no car or van. On shared households of unrelated adults, Middlewich sits lower than two thirds of UK towns: 2%. This Cheshire town had 14,428 residents and 6,269 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.8 (older than 52% of UK towns).

+7%people since 2011 20%aged 65 or over 5%born abroad 6,269households

Population since 2011

Middlewich changed by +7% from 2011 to 2024, behind 51% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Middlewich’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

MiddlewichEnglandAll of Cheshire

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

MiddlewichEngland

0 to 15−3%

16 to 29−3%

30 to 44−7%

45 to 64+9%

65 and over+48%

About 13,600 people in 2011; 14,600 in 2024.

Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+48%) and 30 to 44 least (−7%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2013 to mid-2014: 290 people.

Ages

20% of residents are 65 or over, below 65% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MiddlewichEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. With a median age of 44.8, Middlewich is older than 52% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.8%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Middlewich, 44.8. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 249.8%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6430%

65 and over20%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Middlewich

England

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 61% of UK towns, at 8.2%

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

Full-time students4.7%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed9.2%

Supervisory and technical7.1%

Semi-routine11%

Routine13%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.5%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Middlewich

8.4%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

1,171

residents, 8.2%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Middlewich comes in at 4.7%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

Households with dependent children make up 27% in Middlewich, less than in 57% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 16%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 2%

Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns

Middlewich

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people37%

3 people17%

4 people12%

5 or more4.8%

England’s towns.

The figure for one-person households is 29% in Middlewich and 30% across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.

Homes & cars

Middlewich ranks below 75% of UK towns on households in flats: 6.5%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Middlewich

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van12%

One39%

Two36%

Three or more12%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

In Middlewich, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.

Where people were born

A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 65% of UK towns: 5%

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%

Middlewich

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

MiddlewichEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 20% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as White British than 64% of UK towns: 94%

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

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.4%

Asian1%

Mixed1.3%

Black0.3%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Middlewich · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian57%

Muslim0.4%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%35%70%

The share of residents with no religion trails 78% of UK towns: 36%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

In Middlewich, 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 60% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated1.9%

Divorced9.9%

Widowed6.6%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

1,231residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.8%

20 to 49 hours1.8%

50 hours or more2.4%

For 328 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Middlewich has 32%.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 30%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship6.8%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level30%

MiddlewichCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

In Middlewich, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).

Towns its size

Among 360 UK towns of 10,000 to 19,000 people, the 160th oldest

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Middlewich 44.8

AberystwythSidmouthBlaydon

244362

At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Middlewich in age: Kidlington (44.7), Worcester Park and Stoneleigh (44.7), Weybourne (44.8) and Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint (44.8).

Neighbours

Middlewich and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ElworthWinsfordHolmes ChapelDavenhamSandbachWheelockRudheathMiddlewich

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Middlewich	14,428	—	44.8	20%	27%
Elworth	7,646	3.5 mi	41.3	16%	32%
Winsford	32,522	3.5 mi	39.3	17%	30%
Holmes Chapel	6,674	3.7 mi	47.8	27%	29%
Davenham	13,840	4.5 mi	45.6	20%	30%
Sandbach	11,289	4.6 mi	47.3	25%	23%
Wheelock	2,155	4.7 mi	38.1	15%	34%
Rudheath	4,803	4.8 mi	42.9	18%	26%

More about Middlewich’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health CLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools C⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Middlewich’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Middlewich’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,428 people in 2021, against 14,428 in the built-up area.
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 Middlewich’s residents

What is the population of Middlewich?

The 2021 Census counted 14,428 people in Middlewich’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,600 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.

What is the average age in Middlewich?

The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 52% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Middlewich?

94% 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 Middlewich?

36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Middlewich good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middlewich’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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