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Brereton Rural ward, Cheshire East

Brereton Rural is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,437 residents in 3,046 households — 75 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Congleton constituency.

Residents, 20217,437council ward average 7,669
Households3,0462.44 residents per household
Density75/ km²about 99.03 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+18.8%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 446
5–96.0% · 447
10–157.1% · 525
16–193.6% · 270
20–244.0% · 296
25–3413.6% · 1,010
35–4918.0% · 1,340
50–6423.0% · 1,708
65–7411.2% · 836
75–845.7% · 423
85+1.8% · 136

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van3.9% · 119
1 car or van32.8% · 1,000
2 cars or vans44.4% · 1,353
3 or more18.8% · 574
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cheshire East overall: 71.9% owned, 11.6% social rented, 15.5% private rented.

Owned outright37.1% · 1,129
With mortgage40.9% · 1,247
Shared ownership3.5% · 107
Social rented7.9% · 242
Private rented10.5% · 321

Type of home

Detached house51.5% · 1,569
Semi-detached house30.7% · 936
Terraced house13.4% · 408
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 54
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.7% · 21
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 43
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.