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Electoral wardE05008633

Leighton ward, Cheshire East

Leighton is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,027 residents in 2,351 households — 1,229 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 20216,027council ward average 7,669
Households2,3512.56 residents per household
Density1,229/ km²about 4.91 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+10.1%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 365
5–96.1% · 369
10–157.8% · 468
16–194.5% · 269
20–245.7% · 344
25–3416.0% · 967
35–4920.1% · 1,212
50–6423.7% · 1,427
65–747.0% · 420
75–842.5% · 148
85+0.7% · 40

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van4.8% · 113
1 car or van36.8% · 864
2 cars or vans43.2% · 1,015
3 or more15.3% · 359
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.0% · 751
With mortgage53.9% · 1,266
Shared ownership1.1% · 25
Social rented2.2% · 51
Private rented10.9% · 257

Type of home

Detached house73.4% · 1,726
Semi-detached house19.8% · 466
Terraced house4.0% · 95
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 49
Converted house0.6% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05008633
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Region
North West
Density rank in council
26 of 52

Parishes in the ward

Leighton

Other wards in the same constituency

CCrewe Central10.8% aged 65+ · 26.9% owned6,920CCrewe East18.9% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned15,644CCrewe North20.0% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned4,799CCrewe South11.1% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned12,445CCrewe St Barnabas10.4% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned5,488CCrewe West15.5% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned10,686HHaslington24.9% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned8,857NNantwich North and West27.3% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned8,616NNantwich South and Stapeley23.0% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned9,675SShavington20.4% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned5,601WWillaston and Rope25.4% aged 65+ · 86.3% owned5,381WWistaston26.8% aged 65+ · 87.1% owned9,365

All 52 wards of Cheshire East

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.