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Crewe Central ward, Cheshire East

Crewe Central is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,920 residents in 3,256 households — 4,397 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 20216,920council ward average 7,669
Households3,2562.13 residents per household
Density4,397/ km²about 1.57 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+10.8%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 438
5–97.2% · 501
10–156.3% · 439
16–193.9% · 268
20–246.9% · 476
25–3420.4% · 1,410
35–4921.8% · 1,511
50–6416.3% · 1,129
65–745.6% · 386
75–843.5% · 243
85+1.7% · 120

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van43.3% · 1,409
1 car or van42.7% · 1,390
2 cars or vans11.9% · 386
3 or more2.2% · 71
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright13.4% · 437
With mortgage13.5% · 440
Shared ownership1.0% · 33
Social rented31.7% · 1,033
Private rented40.2% · 1,310
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house3.8% · 125
Semi-detached house19.8% · 645
Terraced house37.8% · 1,230
Purpose-built flat31.4% · 1,024
Converted house4.4% · 142
Other conversion1.4% · 47
Above shop / office1.3% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.