Wistaston Green

Cheshire East · North West · population 6,286 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,172 of 6,856 in England
  • #350 of 932 in North West
  • #40 of 52 in Cheshire East
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,354
Median age (est.)41
Density1,403per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 14%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 12% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · 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

Wistaston Green sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,172 of 6,856 in England, and #40 of 52 in Cheshire East. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (93) and lowest on Health (39). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 92 sales), 33% below the wider Cheshire East median of £298,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #614 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,188 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,556
Employment 45 · #3,775
Education 46 · #3,679
Health 39 · #4,152
Crime 44 · #3,851
Housing & access 70 · #2,075
Living environment 93 · #492

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +9.2% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00092+9.2%+21.2%
Detached£285,00025+9.6%+26.7%
Semi-detached£180,00057+5.9%+25.4%
Terraced£186,00010+28.3%+55.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£200,000
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)£35,188±£4,956 · #4,967 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,970
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 346 offences
Cheshire East62
North West82
England83

Rank #2,485 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences189
Theft38
Burglary5
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons50
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 34 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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