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Electoral wardE05008621

Crewe East ward, Cheshire East

Crewe East is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,644 residents in 6,725 households — 1,871 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 202115,644council ward average 7,669
Households6,7252.33 residents per household
Density1,871/ km²about 8.36 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+18.9%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 882
5–95.7% · 888
10–157.0% · 1,092
16–194.0% · 622
20–245.8% · 906
25–3415.8% · 2,477
35–4918.7% · 2,932
50–6418.5% · 2,887
65–7410.0% · 1,572
75–846.5% · 1,014
85+2.4% · 375

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.5% · 1,445
1 car or van47.7% · 3,209
2 cars or vans24.0% · 1,616
3 or more6.8% · 455
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.5% · 2,319
With mortgage30.3% · 2,041
Shared ownership1.2% · 80
Social rented15.7% · 1,054
Private rented18.1% · 1,218
Lives rent free0.2% · 14

Type of home

Detached house15.9% · 1,068
Semi-detached house53.1% · 3,574
Terraced house24.8% · 1,669
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 275
Converted house1.2% · 81
Other conversion0.4% · 25
Above shop / office0.4% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
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.