Macclesfield South & Lyme Green

Cheshire East · North West · population 6,302 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,263 of 6,856 in England
  • #591 of 932 in North West
  • #47 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,207
Median age (est.)40
Density1,774per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above29%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 32%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 10%
One person 37%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Caring & leisure 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Macclesfield South & Lyme Green is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,263 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #47 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Crime (12). Typical homes here sold for about £241,498 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 102 sales), 19% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,756 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 101 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 27 · #5,002
Employment 19 · #5,537
Education 18 · #5,592
Health 16 · #5,729
Crime 12 · #6,058
Housing & access 92 · #567
Living environment 61 · #2,651

House prices ?

£241,498median (12m) · -13.9% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£241,498102-13.9%+2.3%
Detached£387,47520+1.3%+27.0%
Semi-detached£267,50043-4.5%+23.8%
Terraced£192,00037-16.5%+16.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£241,498
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)£32,756±£4,714 · #5,749 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,216
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

101 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 638 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #4,987 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences360
Theft114
Burglary21
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons70
Drugs12
Robbery5
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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