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Electoral wardE05008634
Macclesfield Central ward, Cheshire East
Macclesfield Central is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,173 residents in 4,775 households — 4,830 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Macclesfield constituency.
Residents, 20219,173council ward average 7,669
Households4,7751.92 residents per household
Density4,830/ km²about 1.90 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+15.9%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 434
5–94.7% · 429
10–155.0% · 459
16–192.7% · 247
20–246.2% · 570
25–3418.6% · 1,706
35–4922.3% · 2,044
50–6419.9% · 1,827
65–748.5% · 784
75–845.1% · 472
85+2.2% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.7% · 1,274
1 car or van48.6% · 2,322
2 cars or vans20.1% · 959
3 or more4.6% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheshire East overall: 71.9% owned, 11.6% social rented, 15.5% private rented.
Owned outright25.1% · 1,198
With mortgage28.7% · 1,370
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented9.3% · 444
Private rented36.2% · 1,726
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house7.1% · 340
Semi-detached house17.3% · 825
Terraced house53.0% · 2,532
Purpose-built flat11.3% · 538
Converted house3.9% · 187
Other conversion5.3% · 252
Above shop / office2.1% · 99
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05008634- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 52
Parishes in the ward
Macclesfield
Council offices in this ward
CCheshire East Council Macclesfield Customer Service CentreCouncil office · SK10 1EACMacclesfield Registration OfficeCouncil office · SK10 1EATMacclesfield Town CouncilTown council · SK11 7NA
Other wards in the same constituency
BBollington23.6% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned8,680BBroken Cross and Upton20.7% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned8,968DDisley24.0% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned4,803GGawsworth28.1% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned4,385MMacclesfield East22.8% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned4,485MMacclesfield Hurdsfield17.6% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned4,520MMacclesfield South18.2% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned8,636MMacclesfield Tytherington23.8% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned9,056MMacclesfield West and Ivy22.5% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned8,216PPoynton East and Pott Shrigley33.6% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned7,501PPoynton West and Adlington28.6% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned8,522PPrestbury31.8% aged 65+ · 87.3% owned4,397SSutton28.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned4,226
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.