Congleton Town

Cheshire East · North West · population 7,805 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,432 of 6,856 in England
  • #376 of 932 in North West
  • #41 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,515
Median age (est.)46
Density2,842per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 15%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 39%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · 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

Congleton Town sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,432 of 6,856 in England, and #41 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Crime (28). Typical homes here sold for about £225,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 171 sales), 24% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,087 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,035 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 113 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,583
Employment 41 · #4,056
Education 57 · #2,946
Health 43 · #3,878
Crime 28 · #4,947
Housing & access 92 · #560
Living environment 48 · #3,528

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=171
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000171+2.3%-0.8%
Detached£387,00044-0.1%+19.1%
Semi-detached£250,00047+13.6%+19.0%
Terraced£167,50063+9.8%+32.9%
Flat£130,00017-7.1%+5.7%
This area£225,000
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)£35,035±£4,906 · #5,026 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,998
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

113 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 884 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #5,303 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences454
Theft96
Burglary34
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons145
Drugs34
Robbery10
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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