Middlewich East

Cheshire East · North West · population 8,344 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,911 of 6,856 in England
  • #327 of 932 in North West
  • #37 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,375
Median age (est.)40
Density1,449per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above31%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 29%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 43%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 43%Social rent 12%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 12%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Middlewich East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,911 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #37 of 52 in Cheshire East. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (82) and lowest on Housing & access (33). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 127 sales), 23% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #751 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,406 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,932
Employment 59 · #2,836
Education 50 · #3,405
Health 47 · #3,638
Crime 48 · #3,570
Housing & access 33 · #4,591
Living environment 82 · #1,218

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +7.7% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000127+7.7%+18.9%
Detached£293,75046+1.3%+20.9%
Semi-detached£217,00045+17.3%+35.6%
Terraced£170,00035+3.0%+36.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£230,000
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)£37,406±£5,222 · #4,234 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,442
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 613 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #3,742 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences292
Theft48
Burglary18
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons109
Drugs45
Robbery0
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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