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Electoral wardE05008624

Crewe South ward, Cheshire East

Crewe South is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,445 residents in 5,188 households — 5,082 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 202112,445council ward average 7,669
Households5,1882.4 residents per household
Density5,082/ km²about 2.45 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+11.1%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 698
5–95.3% · 654
10–156.9% · 859
16–193.9% · 486
20–246.9% · 856
25–3419.2% · 2,392
35–4923.9% · 2,974
50–6417.2% · 2,139
65–746.1% · 761
75–843.4% · 421
85+1.6% · 202

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.0% · 1,813
1 car or van41.5% · 2,155
2 cars or vans18.6% · 967
3 or more4.9% · 252
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.9% · 1,187
With mortgage20.8% · 1,078
Shared ownership1.0% · 52
Social rented12.8% · 666
Private rented42.4% · 2,199
Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house13.7% · 712
Semi-detached house25.5% · 1,321
Terraced house38.0% · 1,973
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 664
Converted house7.2% · 376
Other conversion1.3% · 66
Above shop / office1.4% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
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.