Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock

Cheshire East · North West · population 9,936 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #718 of 6,856 in England
  • #93 of 932 in North West
  • #18 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,769
Median age (est.)39
Density1,428per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above40%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 46%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 46%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 11%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 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

Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #718 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 52 in Cheshire East. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (91) and lowest on Housing & access (49). Typical homes here sold for about £262,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 181 sales), 12% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #162 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £44,226 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 82 · #1,211
Employment 83 · #1,163
Education 91 · #588
Health 71 · #1,993
Crime 63 · #2,514
Housing & access 49 · #3,501
Living environment 90 · #663

House prices ?

£262,000median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=181
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,000181-3.0%+9.6%
Detached£390,00075-5.5%+22.6%
Semi-detached£250,00072+4.2%+41.2%
Terraced£190,00030+2.7%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£262,000
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)£44,226±£6,233 · #2,261 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,154
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 462 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #1,834 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences272
Theft58
Burglary14
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons48
Drugs19
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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