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Electoral wardE05008615
Broken Cross and Upton ward, Cheshire East
Broken Cross and Upton is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,968 residents in 3,831 households — 2,178 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Macclesfield constituency.
Residents, 20218,968council ward average 7,669
Households3,8312.34 residents per household
Density2,178/ km²about 4.12 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+20.7%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 456
5–96.1% · 546
10–157.8% · 701
16–194.6% · 409
20–244.0% · 363
25–3411.1% · 992
35–4918.3% · 1,637
50–6422.4% · 2,005
65–7410.8% · 965
75–846.9% · 615
85+3.1% · 279
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.0% · 497
1 car or van43.2% · 1,655
2 cars or vans33.9% · 1,300
3 or more9.9% · 378
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheshire East overall: 71.9% owned, 11.6% social rented, 15.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.4% · 1,547
With mortgage33.5% · 1,283
Shared ownership0.7% · 25
Social rented11.3% · 434
Private rented14.1% · 542
Type of home
Detached house36.1% · 1,384
Semi-detached house27.2% · 1,042
Terraced house19.3% · 739
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 489
Converted house0.5% · 20
Other conversion3.4% · 132
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05008615- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Macclesfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBollington23.6% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned8,680DDisley24.0% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned4,803GGawsworth28.1% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned4,385MMacclesfield Central15.9% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned9,173MMacclesfield East22.8% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned4,485MMacclesfield Hurdsfield17.6% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned4,520MMacclesfield South18.2% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned8,636MMacclesfield Tytherington23.8% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned9,056MMacclesfield West and Ivy22.5% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned8,216PPoynton East and Pott Shrigley33.6% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned7,501PPoynton West and Adlington28.6% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned8,522PPrestbury31.8% aged 65+ · 87.3% owned4,397SSutton28.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned4,226
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.