Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Scholar Green is older than 93% of UK towns
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 97% in Scholar Green. On the census count, 25% of households are one person living alone. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,095 people lived in the village, in 933 households.
What the Census says about Scholar Green’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Scholar Green’s residents are under 52.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Scholar Green comes in at 8.7%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Below 79% of UK towns: 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Scholar Green, 38% and 19%. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.5% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer households with dependent children than 93% of UK towns: 21%
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Only 2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Scholar Green
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 without a car or van make up 7.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. Here, 45% of households live in a detached house. On households in terraced houses, Scholar Green sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 12%. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 2.6% 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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Scholar Green. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
58% describe themselves as Christian, more 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: 97% of Scholar Green · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion in Scholar Green. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Some 75 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Scholar Green sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.3%, about the same as across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Scholar Green, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Scholar Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholar Green | 2,095 | — | 52.4 | 29% | 21% |
| Kidsgrove | 15,598 | 1.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 26% |
| Rode Heath | 1,901 | 1.6 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel | 3,637 | 1.9 mi | 47.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Talke and Talke Pits | 3,436 | 2.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 18% |
| Alsager | 15,504 | 2.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Biddulph | 17,490 | 3.4 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Bignall End | 3,184 | 4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Scholar Green’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 Scholar Green’s residents
What is the population of Scholar Green?
The 2021 Census counted 2,095 people in Scholar Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Scholar Green?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scholar Green?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scholar Green?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Scholar Green good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Scholar Green’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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