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Electoral wardE05008659

Wistaston ward, Cheshire East

Wistaston is one of 52 electoral wards of Cheshire East Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,365 residents in 4,171 households — 994 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency.

Residents, 20219,365council ward average 7,669
Households4,1712.25 residents per household
Density994/ km²about 9.42 km² · Cheshire East 342
Aged 65+26.8%Cheshire East: 22.4% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 383
5–94.6% · 431
10–156.0% · 564
16–193.4% · 323
20–244.2% · 393
25–3410.3% · 968
35–4917.1% · 1,606
50–6423.4% · 2,190
65–7413.7% · 1,283
75–849.9% · 931
85+3.1% · 293

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.0% · 375
1 car or van40.4% · 1,684
2 cars or vans37.2% · 1,551
3 or more13.4% · 560
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright50.4% · 2,102
With mortgage36.6% · 1,528
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented4.6% · 190
Private rented7.8% · 326

Type of home

Detached house48.1% · 2,008
Semi-detached house45.2% · 1,887
Terraced house3.7% · 154
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 97
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05008659
Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Region
North West
Density rank in council
31 of 52

Parishes in the ward

WillastonWistastonWoolstanwood

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% owned8,857LLeighton10.1% aged 65+ · 85.8% owned6,027NNantwich 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% owned5,381

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.