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Electoral wardE05008632

Knutsford ward, Cheshire East

Knutsford is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,256 residents in 5,880 households — 1,318 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tatton constituency.

Residents, 202113,256council ward average 7,669
Households5,8802.25 residents per household
Density1,318/ km²about 10.05 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+24.6%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 636
5–96.3% · 831
10–157.7% · 1,022
16–194.1% · 542
20–243.1% · 417
25–348.8% · 1,162
35–4920.1% · 2,670
50–6420.4% · 2,709
65–7411.4% · 1,511
75–849.3% · 1,238
85+3.9% · 518

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.7% · 867
1 car or van40.3% · 2,371
2 cars or vans35.5% · 2,086
3 or more9.4% · 555
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.2% · 2,419
With mortgage30.0% · 1,763
Shared ownership0.4% · 21
Social rented13.8% · 810
Private rented14.7% · 861
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house39.1% · 2,298
Semi-detached house26.9% · 1,582
Terraced house19.2% · 1,127
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 763
Converted house1.0% · 58
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.7% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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.