Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh

Cheshire East · North West · population 12,694 · 7 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,349 of 6,856 in England
  • #267 of 932 in North West
  • #32 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,549
Median age (est.)49
Density77per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 6%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 28% · Professional 22% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors28%
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 29% · 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

Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,349 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 52 in Cheshire East. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (93) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here, about £599,950 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 173 sales) — roughly 2.0× the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,941 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 93 · #485
Employment 84 · #1,115
Education 88 · #821
Health 80 · #1,349
Crime 80 · #1,335
Housing & access 13 · #5,935
Living environment 8 · #6,284

House prices ?

£599,950median (12m) · +11.1% yr · n=173
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£599,950173+11.1%+34.1%
Detached£885,00093+26.8%+40.5%
Semi-detached£529,50036+31.6%+65.5%
Terraced£407,50032+15.6%+31.5%
Flat£267,49812+18.9%+47.0%
This area£599,950
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)£41,941±£5,880 · #2,867 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,025
Price-to-income ?14.3×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 628 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #2,072 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences269
Theft73
Burglary34
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons100
Drugs52
Robbery0
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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