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Electoral wardE05008637
Macclesfield South ward, Cheshire East
Macclesfield South is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,636 residents in 3,853 households — 2,748 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Macclesfield constituency.
Residents, 20218,636council ward average 7,669
Households3,8532.24 residents per household
Density2,748/ km²about 3.14 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+18.2%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 483
5–96.2% · 536
10–157.3% · 627
16–193.6% · 315
20–244.5% · 389
25–3413.9% · 1,198
35–4918.8% · 1,626
50–6421.9% · 1,892
65–7410.0% · 863
75–845.8% · 498
85+2.4% · 210
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.9% · 806
1 car or van42.1% · 1,622
2 cars or vans29.6% · 1,142
3 or more7.3% · 283
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cheshire East overall: 71.9% owned, 11.6% social rented, 15.5% private rented.
Owned outright30.8% · 1,188
With mortgage31.6% · 1,218
Shared ownership0.9% · 34
Social rented22.6% · 872
Private rented13.9% · 534
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house22.3% · 858
Semi-detached house41.1% · 1,583
Terraced house26.9% · 1,037
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 290
Converted house0.7% · 27
Other conversion1.1% · 42
Above shop / office0.4% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05008637- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 52
Parishes in the ward
GawsworthMacclesfield
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 Central15.9% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned9,173MMacclesfield East22.8% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned4,485MMacclesfield Hurdsfield17.6% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned4,520MMacclesfield 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.