Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Rease Heath is under 19.7
The share of households in terraced houses is 10%, against 24% across England’s towns. 700 residents in 40 households: that is Rease Heath at the 2021 Census. Locally, 13% of households are one person living alone. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
Only 2.7% of residents are 65 or over in Rease Heath
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (84%), Rease Heath is above 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
63% women, 37% men
About 60 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Rease Heath is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
84% of adults are full-time students, a share 99% 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%.
52% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Rease Heath households average 2.6 people, larger than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In Rease Heath, 28% of households have dependent children.
The most common home: a semi-detached house, for 53% of households
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Below 68% of UK towns: 4.7% of residents were born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (0.7%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Rease Heath has fewer residents whose main language is English than 51% of UK towns, at 98%.
Residents with no religion make up 60% in Rease Heath, more than in 99% 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 Rease Heath · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.3%), Other White (2%) and Chinese (0.9%). 23% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns.
7% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, just over nine in ten adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Rease Heath, the census puts unpaid carers at 4.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Rease Heath, 22% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 1.5% have no qualification at all (18%). 46% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Every nearby town is older than Rease Heath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rease Heath | 700 | — | 19.7 | 2.7% | 28% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 1.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 2.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 3.3 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Shavington | 4,972 | 3.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 5.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 5.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 6.5 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Rease Heath’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 Rease Heath’s residents
What is the population of Rease Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 700 people in Rease Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rease Heath?
The median age was 19.7 at the 2021 Census. 84% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.7% were 65 or over.
Is Rease Heath a student village?
Yes: 84% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (575 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Rease Heath?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rease Heath?
60% said they had no religion and 23% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 16% didn’t answer.
Is Rease Heath good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rease Heath’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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