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Electoral wardE05008635

Macclesfield East ward, Cheshire East

Macclesfield East is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,485 residents in 2,181 households — 1,464 people per km², the 48th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Macclesfield constituency.

Residents, 20214,485council ward average 7,669
Households2,1812.06 residents per household
Density1,464/ km²about 3.06 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+22.8%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 186
5–95.6% · 252
10–156.2% · 278
16–193.2% · 145
20–244.0% · 181
25–3412.4% · 556
35–4920.4% · 915
50–6421.2% · 951
65–7413.0% · 585
75–847.1% · 319
85+2.7% · 119

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.1% · 438
1 car or van46.9% · 1,023
2 cars or vans24.8% · 540
3 or more8.3% · 180
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.5% · 861
With mortgage29.3% · 638
Shared ownership1.3% · 28
Social rented14.2% · 309
Private rented15.7% · 342
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house17.6% · 383
Semi-detached house29.4% · 640
Terraced house34.8% · 758
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 298
Converted house1.0% · 22
Other conversion2.7% · 59
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 12
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.