Photo: Peter Styles · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 95% of UK towns, at 2.6%
Households in terraced houses: 8.6% here and 24% across England’s towns. A quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 74% of UK towns. There were 2,289 households in Shavington at the 2021 Census, home to 4,972 residents. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 55% in the town.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Shavington, less than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 18% across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Shavington, 46.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
In Shavington, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 92% of UK towns: 1.5%
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.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Here, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Shavington ranks below 82% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 10%
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
34% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 82% 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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 17% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 99% of residents have English as their main language. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Shavington, more than in 77% 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 Shavington · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.5%). For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Shavington has fewer residents with no religion than 71% of UK towns, at 37%.
Adults who have never married: 31%, a lower share than 61% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 127 people. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Set against 44% across England’s towns, nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Shavington.
32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Shavington’s adults: 32% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among 810 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people, the 402nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Shavington in age: Wheatley (46.4), Alford (46.5), Upper Tean (46.5) and Pill (46.5).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Shavington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shavington | 4,972 | — | 46.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 1.4 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 2.5 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 3.4 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Winterley | 1,371 | 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 28% |
| Wheelock | 2,155 | 5.6 mi | 38.1 | 15% | 34% |
| Audlem | 1,833 | 5.6 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 19% |
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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 Shavington’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 Shavington’s residents
What is the population of Shavington?
The 2021 Census counted 4,972 people in Shavington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shavington?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 65% of UK towns. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shavington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shavington?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Shavington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shavington’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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