Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Pickmere, 63%. There were 1,170 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 2,800 residents. Here, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 98% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Pickmere’s people
Many carers
327 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 74% of UK towns: half of Pickmere is over 48
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
23% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The census found that 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Pickmere.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pickmere, 48. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 77% of UK towns: 7.5%
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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). In Pickmere, 7% of adults are full-time students. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten 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.
In Pickmere, 32% of households have dependent children, more than in 85% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Pickmere has 1.8%. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. The average household has 2.4 people.
A town of detached houses: 55% of households live in one
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.8% of households have no car or van in Pickmere. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 91% of UK towns: 9.1%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 92% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 20% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Residents born outside the UK: 3.8% of the total.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Pickmere, less than in 91% 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: 95% of Pickmere · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.5%). For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 81% of UK towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns: 12%
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
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Pickmere’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%). For 19%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 214th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Pickmere in age: Ashington (47.9), Hambrook and Nutbourne (47.9), Jacksdale and Westwood (48) and Wargrave (48).
Every nearby town is younger than Pickmere
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Pickmere’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 Pickmere’s residents
What is the population of Pickmere?
The 2021 Census counted 2,800 people in Pickmere’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pickmere?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census, older than 74% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pickmere?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pickmere?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Pickmere good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pickmere’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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