Photo: Peter McDermott · CC BY-SA 2.0In Winterley, 4.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
By its share of one-person households (21%), Winterley is below 97% of UK towns. Across Winterley, three in five households live in a detached house. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 98% of UK towns. The village counted 1,371 residents and 576 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower share than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total. Half of Winterley’s residents are over 48.8, older than in 79% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, below 59% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). One in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 78% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Few places have as many households with dependent children: 28% here, more than in 60% of UK towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households
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 in terraced houses: 9.3% here and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 96% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. On residents born outside the UK, Winterley sits lower than 84% of UK towns: 3.5%.
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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 Winterley · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Caribbean (0.4%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 77% of UK towns. Residents with no religion: 36%, below 78% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married: 25%, a lower share than 94% 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
38 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in 80% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Winterley counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Winterley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterley | 1,371 | — | 48.8 | 23% | 28% |
| Haslington | 5,042 | 1.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Wheelock | 2,155 | 1.3 mi | 38.1 | 15% | 34% |
| Sandbach | 11,289 | 2.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 23% |
| Elworth | 7,646 | 2.4 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 32% |
| Alsager | 15,504 | 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Crewe | 74,116 | 3.2 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Rode Heath | 1,901 | 3.6 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Winterley’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 Winterley’s residents
What is the population of Winterley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,371 people in Winterley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winterley?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winterley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winterley?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Winterley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winterley’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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