Church Minshull, Kingsbourne & Sound

Cheshire East · North West · population 7,902 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,986 of 6,856 in England
  • #223 of 932 in North West
  • #28 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,406
Median age (est.)38
Density70per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above39%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 16%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 46%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 46%Social rent 7%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 28%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 15%
One person 21%Couple, no children 28%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Church Minshull, Kingsbourne & Sound is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,986 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (83) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here, about £370,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 155 sales), 24% above the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,592 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 80 · #1,362
Employment 83 · #1,143
Education 79 · #1,417
Health 59 · #2,809
Crime 68 · #2,219
Housing & access 21 · #5,427
Living environment 35 · #4,454

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,000155+5.7%+28.9%
Detached£407,00099+4.4%+24.8%
Semi-detached£245,00045-9.3%+22.5%
Terraced£290,00010-21.6%-6.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£370,000
Cheshire East£298,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,592±£5,804 · #3,245 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,990
Price-to-income ?9.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 554 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #3,541 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences295
Theft57
Burglary24
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons97
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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