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Electoral wardE05008625

Crewe West ward, Cheshire East

Crewe West is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,686 residents in 4,523 households — 3,942 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 202110,686council ward average 7,669
Households4,5232.36 residents per household
Density3,942/ km²about 2.71 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+15.5%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 648
5–96.3% · 670
10–158.1% · 862
16–194.6% · 491
20–245.6% · 598
25–3414.2% · 1,517
35–4919.8% · 2,114
50–6419.9% · 2,128
65–748.2% · 881
75–845.1% · 544
85+2.2% · 233

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.8% · 1,076
1 car or van45.2% · 2,044
2 cars or vans24.4% · 1,105
3 or more6.6% · 298
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.0% · 1,403
With mortgage29.5% · 1,335
Shared ownership0.3% · 14
Social rented18.1% · 819
Private rented21.0% · 948
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house11.0% · 496
Semi-detached house50.9% · 2,302
Terraced house27.8% · 1,255
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 338
Converted house2.3% · 103
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.