Photo: Ian Nadin · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.2: Utkinton is older than 94% of UK towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Utkinton is home to 392 residents in 160 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Utkinton, 5% of households have no car or van. Nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 17% locally.
7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Utkinton has 29%. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.8%
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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.
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 58% of UK towns.
84% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
7.4% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Utkinton has 4.3%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) or in Africa (1%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 93% of UK towns: 59% 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: 95% of Utkinton · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
35% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 95%.
Utkinton ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 68%
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 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. 10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 74% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 55% of Utkinton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.5% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Utkinton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utkinton | 392 | — | 53.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 2 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 2.2 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 3.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Cuddington | 5,860 | 4.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 29% |
| Bunbury | 1,259 | 4.8 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 5.6 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Kingsley | 1,551 | 5.8 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 24% |
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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 Utkinton’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 Utkinton’s residents
What is the population of Utkinton?
The 2021 Census counted 392 people in Utkinton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Utkinton?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Utkinton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Utkinton?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Utkinton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Utkinton’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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