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Prestbury ward, Cheshire East

Prestbury is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,397 residents in 1,858 households — 152 people per km², the 50th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Macclesfield constituency.

Residents, 20214,397council ward average 7,669
Households1,8582.37 residents per household
Density152/ km²about 28.87 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+31.8%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.1% · 136
5–95.3% · 233
10–157.0% · 308
16–194.4% · 192
20–243.5% · 153
25–345.2% · 227
35–4915.0% · 661
50–6424.8% · 1,089
65–7415.3% · 674
75–8412.1% · 530
85+4.4% · 194

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.2% · 116
1 car or van30.7% · 570
2 cars or vans42.0% · 780
3 or more21.1% · 392
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright55.1% · 1,023
With mortgage32.2% · 598
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented4.4% · 81
Private rented8.0% · 148
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house70.7% · 1,313
Semi-detached house12.5% · 233
Terraced house9.8% · 182
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 96
Converted house0.8% · 14
Other conversion0.5% · 9
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.