CW12 postcode area · Cheshire East
The CW12 postcode district spans 9 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Cheshire East, Staffordshire Moorlands. Area Scores range from 29 to 99 across them. Every full CW12 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
The CW12 district contains both ends of the scale: Hightown, Mossley & Timbersbrook at 99 out of 100 (#60 of 6,856 in England) against Buglawton at 29, a 70-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 7 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £225,000 in Congleton Town to £470,000 in Gawsworth & Macclesfield Forest — a 2.1× gap within the CW12 district. Note that the district straddles 2 local authorities — Cheshire East and Staffordshire Moorlands — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.
Living here
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in the CW12 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hightown, Mossley & TimbersbrookCheshire East | 60 | 99 | £324,750 |
| Congleton West HeathCheshire East | 361 | 95 | £292,500 |
| Biddulph North & BrownleesStaffordshire Moorlands | 1,074 | 84 | £232,450 |
| Biddulph Moor & RudyardStaffordshire Moorlands | 1,109 | 84 | £255,000 |
| Cranage & GoostreyCheshire East | 1,143 | 83 | £412,000 |
| Gawsworth & Macclesfield ForestCheshire East | 1,307 | 81 | £470,000 |
| Scholar Green, Rode Heath & BreretonCheshire East | 2,178 | 68 | £265,000 |
| Congleton TownCheshire East | 3,432 | 50 | £225,000 |
| BuglawtonCheshire East | 4,865 | 29 | £249,250 |
People living in CW12 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 21% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 21% |
| Managers & directors | 18% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 12% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Caring & leisure | 8% |
| Elementary | 7% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Muslim 0%
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.
Towns & places in CW12
Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the CW12 district.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around CW12.
A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.