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Congleton East ward, Cheshire East

Congleton East is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,220 residents in 6,202 households — 843 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Congleton constituency.

Residents, 202114,220council ward average 7,669
Households6,2022.29 residents per household
Density843/ km²about 16.88 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+22.9%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 803
5–95.8% · 827
10–156.9% · 985
16–193.6% · 507
20–244.1% · 585
25–3411.4% · 1,628
35–4918.3% · 2,607
50–6421.2% · 3,021
65–7412.3% · 1,750
75–847.7% · 1,102
85+2.8% · 405

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 889
1 car or van39.6% · 2,453
2 cars or vans34.6% · 2,144
3 or more11.5% · 716
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.1% · 2,487
With mortgage32.0% · 1,985
Shared ownership0.9% · 57
Social rented16.2% · 1,007
Private rented10.7% · 664
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house42.0% · 2,605
Semi-detached house32.8% · 2,037
Terraced house17.5% · 1,084
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 392
Converted house0.7% · 41
Other conversion0.3% · 19
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
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.