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Northwich Witton ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Northwich Witton is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,116 residents in 2,336 households — 1,543 people per km², the 35th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Cheshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,116council ward average 7,937
Households2,3362.19 residents per household
Density1,543/ km²about 3.32 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+14.4%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 269
5–96.3% · 324
10–156.5% · 331
16–193.4% · 174
20–245.9% · 302
25–3416.4% · 841
35–4921.6% · 1,107
50–6420.1% · 1,030
65–748.7% · 446
75–844.4% · 225
85+1.3% · 67

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.1% · 564
1 car or van47.5% · 1,110
2 cars or vans22.9% · 536
3 or more5.4% · 127
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cheshire West and Chester overall: 68.3% owned, 14.6% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright26.6% · 622
With mortgage26.4% · 616
Shared ownership0.9% · 20
Social rented16.9% · 394
Private rented29.1% · 680
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house9.3% · 216
Semi-detached house34.1% · 796
Terraced house44.7% · 1,043
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 187
Converted house2.8% · 65
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 19
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.