Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 6.5% in Tilston, less than in 96% of UK towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 98% of UK towns: 97%. By contrast, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. There were 309 households in Tilston at the 2021 Census, home to 714 residents. Across Tilston, 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
A median age of 48.3: Tilston is older than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 27% of the total.
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.
Below 85% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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 Tilston, 44% and 16%. On residents who moved in within the year, Tilston sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 9.3%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 76% of UK towns: 25% in Tilston
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.6%, Tilston is ahead of 62% of UK towns on that count. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. One-person households are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns.
More households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 52%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Tilston comes in at 11%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Tilston ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 69% of UK towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Tilston · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 29% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
Below 79% of UK towns: 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 19. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Higher than in 69% of UK towns: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.3%, about the same as across England’s towns.
44% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Tilston, 44%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Tilston, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilston | 714 | — | 48.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Malpas | 1,361 | 3 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Farndon | 2,227 | 3.4 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 31% |
| Holt | 1,084 | 3.5 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 4.9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Pentre Maelor | 1,814 | 5.2 mi | 34.4 | 3.4% | 35% |
| Rossett | 1,977 | 6.8 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 26% |
| Marchwiel | 1,038 | 6.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Tilston’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 Tilston’s residents
What is the population of Tilston?
The 2021 Census counted 714 people in Tilston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tilston?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tilston?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tilston?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tilston good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tilston’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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