Photo: Ian Warburton · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 88% of UK towns: 4% of households live in a flat or apartment
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Rudheath has 14%. By contrast, residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 77% of UK towns. There were 2,093 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 4,803 residents. For Rudheath, the census puts adults who have never married at 36%.
A +15% change since 2011: Rudheath grew faster than 75% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Rudheath’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,800 people in 2011; 5,500 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2021 to mid-2022: 150 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+48%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−2%).
Half of Rudheath is under 42.9, younger than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over are about as common here as across England’s towns: 18%. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Rudheath, 42.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.1%, a lower share than 79% of UK towns
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Rudheath, 29% and 30%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Locally, 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 28%, a lower share than 67% 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.
26% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
13% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 61% 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 detached houses is 21%; Rudheath has 26%. In one household in 8 there is no car or van.
In Rudheath, 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 64% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Rudheath, 5.5%. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%).
In Rudheath, 38% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 66% 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: 92% of Rudheath · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (1.1%). By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 92% in Rudheath and 73% across England’s towns.
Rudheath ranks below 71% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 45%
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
For 125 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 24% of adults in Rudheath, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 165th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Rudheath in age: Stanton Hill and Skegby (42.8), Ogmore Vale (42.8), Ratby (42.9) and Pitstone (42.9).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rudheath
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Rudheath’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. Rudheath’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,072 people in 2021, against 4,803 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 Rudheath’s residents
What is the population of Rudheath?
The 2021 Census counted 4,803 people in Rudheath’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,500 people in mid-2024, 15% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Rudheath?
The median age was 42.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rudheath?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rudheath?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Rudheath good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rudheath’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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