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44.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 98% of UK towns

Households without a car or van: 7.3%, below 94% of UK towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. Mobberley had 1,349 residents and 572 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 44.4. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 29%.

23%aged 65 or over 6.4%born abroad 572households

Ages

Mobberley ranks above 59% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 23%

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

MobberleyEngland’s towns

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

The largest age band is 40–44: 7.6% of residents. With a median age of 44.4, Mobberley is younger than 51% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Prestbury, the oldest of Cheshire’s towns by this measure, it is 33%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 247.2%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6426%

65 and over23%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Mobberley

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 3%

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 students3%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical5.7%

Semi-routine9.1%

Routine8.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.7%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Mobberley

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

129

residents, 9.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.8× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Mobberley, 44% and 17%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Mobberley households average 2.3 people, larger than in 58% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 29%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns

Mobberley

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people35%

3 people16%

4 people14%

5 or more5%

England’s towns.

Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 53% of UK towns: 2.3%.

Homes & cars

Mobberley ranks below 68% of UK towns on households in flats: 7.8%

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

Type of home

Mobberley

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.3%

One42%

Two40%

Three or more11%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

In Mobberley, 31% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a lower share than 52% 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%

Mobberley

6.4%

Cheshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). Higher than in just over half of UK towns: 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Mobberley

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

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3%

Asian2%

Mixed2.1%

Black0.4%

Other0.4%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 92% of Mobberley · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian61%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5.5%

0%35%70%

Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (1%). 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 51% of UK towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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 partnership28%

Married or civil partnership52%

Separated2.8%

Divorced9.2%

Widowed7.7%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

85residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.7%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.4%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more1.6%

Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Mobberley. By contrast, more married adults and civil partners than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 52%. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. 20 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

41% of adults have a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship6%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level41%

MobberleyCheshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of adults in Mobberley (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Mobberley and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older

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

KnutsfordChelfordAlderley EdgeHaleWilmslowBowdonHigh LeghMobberley

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Mobberley	1,349	—	44.4	23%	29%
Knutsford	13,254	1.6 mi	46.6	25%	27%
Chelford	1,377	3.5 mi	48.2	29%	21%
Alderley Edge	4,496	4.1 mi	50.7	29%	22%
Hale	16,716	4.1 mi	43.9	20%	37%
Wilmslow	25,716	4.2 mi	44.1	20%	29%
Bowdon	6,107	4.4 mi	48.6	25%	31%
High Legh	1,145	5.6 mi	55	33%	24%

More about Mobberley’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute AIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living COwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools A⁺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 Mobberley’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 Mobberley’s residents

What is the population of Mobberley?

The 2021 Census counted 1,349 people in Mobberley’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Mobberley?

The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Mobberley?

92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Mobberley?

32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.

Is Mobberley good for families?

29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mobberley’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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