Cheadle Town

Staffordshire Moorlands · West Midlands · population 6,158 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,439 of 6,856 in England
  • #303 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #8 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,185
Median age (est.)47
Density837per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 15%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%

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 63% · No religion 29% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Cheadle Town sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,439 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 13 in Staffordshire Moorlands. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (81) and lowest on Employment (39). Typical homes here sold for about £212,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 121 sales), 7% below the wider Staffordshire Moorlands median of £227,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #946 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,129 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 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 48 · #3,576
Employment 39 · #4,180
Education 40 · #4,145
Health 40 · #4,084
Crime 65 · #2,377
Housing & access 81 · #1,287
Living environment 46 · #3,665

House prices ?

£212,000median (12m) · -2.5% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£212,000121-2.5%+21.1%
Detached£278,99539-11.4%+11.6%
Semi-detached£203,50054+3.7%+22.6%
Terraced£142,00027-20.9%+25.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£212,000
Staffordshire Moorlands£227,000
West Midlands£252,500
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)£33,129±£4,735 · #5,632 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,548
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 560 offences
Staffordshire Moorlands56
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,590 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences296
Theft94
Burglary19
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons52
Drugs12
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 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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