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Homes rented privately

7.8% to 42.4%

Homes rented privately ranged from 7.8% in Wistaston to 42.4% in Crewe South — a gap of 34.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

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Homes rented privately · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Wistaston	7.8%	326	4,170
Prestbury	8%	148	1,856
Willaston and Rope	8.3%	192	2,306
Dane Valley	8.6%	380	4,404
Poynton West and Adlington	8.9%	317	3,555
Shavington	9%	228	2,520
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	9.2%	305	3,322
Macclesfield West and Ivy	9.3%	337	3,640
Alsager	9.7%	577	5,922
Audlem	10.1%	232	2,287
Sandbach Heath and East	10.5%	248	2,357
Brereton Rural	10.5%	321	3,046
Congleton East	10.7%	664	6,202
Haslington	10.9%	413	3,792
Leighton	10.9%	257	2,350
Sutton	11.1%	206	1,858
Chelford	11.4%	230	2,014
Disley	11.5%	242	2,109
Gawsworth	11.5%	219	1,897
Odd Rode	11.6%	438	3,777
Sandbach Elworth	11.9%	295	2,488
Bunbury	11.9%	277	2,333
Macclesfield Tytherington	11.9%	477	4,002
Wybunbury	12.2%	281	2,302
Middlewich	13.1%	821	6,273
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	13.2%	330	2,499
Macclesfield South	13.9%	534	3,851
Wilmslow West and Chorley	14.1%	605	4,277
Broken Cross and Upton	14.1%	542	3,831
Handforth	14.2%	621	4,388
Wilmslow Lacey Green	14.3%	283	1,977
Sandbach Town	14.4%	362	2,506
Congleton West	14.5%	959	6,636
Wrenbury	14.6%	340	2,321
Knutsford	14.7%	861	5,875
Macclesfield East	15.7%	342	2,180
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	16%	347	2,165
Mobberley	16%	318	1,984
Wilmslow East	17%	332	1,948
Crewe North	17.1%	358	2,090
Nantwich North and West	17.2%	734	4,256
Bollington	17.9%	715	3,994
Crewe East	18.1%	1,218	6,726
Nantwich South and Stapeley	20%	840	4,209
Wilmslow Dean Row	20%	440	2,203
Alderley Edge	20.3%	451	2,218
High Legh	20.5%	407	1,989
Crewe West	21%	948	4,524
Crewe St Barnabas	25%	550	2,197
Macclesfield Central	36.2%	1,726	4,773
Crewe Central	40.2%	1,310	3,255
Crewe South	42.4%	2,199	5,188

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People reporting bad or very bad health

2.1% to 6.8%

People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 2.1% in Wilmslow Dean Row to 6.8% in Crewe Central — a gap of 4.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

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People reporting bad or very bad health · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Wilmslow Dean Row	2.1%	109	5,141
Leighton	2.2%	133	6,028
Wilmslow East	2.5%	109	4,440
Wilmslow West and Chorley	2.9%	290	10,087
Prestbury	2.9%	129	4,396
Wybunbury	3.2%	182	5,686
Chelford	3.3%	152	4,644
Macclesfield Tytherington	3.4%	311	9,056
Brereton Rural	3.5%	257	7,437
Sandbach Elworth	3.6%	212	5,932
Wrenbury	3.6%	201	5,553
Bollington	3.7%	320	8,686
Nantwich South and Stapeley	3.7%	362	9,675
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	3.8%	219	5,782
Willaston and Rope	3.8%	207	5,381
Disley	3.9%	185	4,803
Shavington	3.9%	216	5,601
Bunbury	3.9%	236	6,084
Dane Valley	4%	413	10,375
Knutsford	4.1%	542	13,258
Audlem	4.2%	221	5,312
Sutton	4.2%	177	4,226
Gawsworth	4.2%	186	4,385
Wistaston	4.3%	407	9,365
Poynton West and Adlington	4.4%	371	8,518
Macclesfield Central	4.4%	408	9,173
Haslington	4.4%	394	8,855
Broken Cross and Upton	4.6%	409	8,963
Crewe South	4.6%	578	12,445
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	4.7%	353	7,501
Alsager	4.9%	657	13,386
Alderley Edge	5%	238	4,777
Congleton East	5%	709	14,220
Middlewich	5%	720	14,425
Sandbach Town	5.1%	268	5,298
Macclesfield East	5.2%	231	4,485
High Legh	5.3%	262	4,925
Congleton West	5.4%	770	14,264
Odd Rode	5.4%	449	8,263
Handforth	5.8%	566	9,784
Macclesfield South	5.8%	503	8,635
Wilmslow Lacey Green	5.9%	292	4,983
Crewe St Barnabas	6.1%	336	5,488
Mobberley	6.1%	291	4,733
Sandbach Heath and East	6.2%	305	4,909
Crewe North	6.3%	302	4,799
Crewe West	6.3%	674	10,685
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	6.3%	287	4,520
Macclesfield West and Ivy	6.5%	536	8,216
Nantwich North and West	6.5%	563	8,615
Crewe East	6.6%	1,040	15,644
Crewe Central	6.8%	468	6,920

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People aged 65 or over

10.1% to 33.6%

People aged 65 or over ranged from 10.1% in Leighton to 33.6% in Poynton East and Pott Shrigley — a gap of 23.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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People aged 65 or over · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Leighton	10.1%	608	6,029
Crewe St Barnabas	10.4%	568	5,487
Crewe Central	10.8%	749	6,921
Crewe South	11.1%	1,384	12,442
Crewe West	15.5%	1,658	10,686
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	15.6%	901	5,785
Macclesfield Central	15.9%	1,458	9,174
Wilmslow Dean Row	17.1%	877	5,140
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	17.6%	796	4,520
Sandbach Elworth	17.9%	1,063	5,933
Macclesfield South	18.2%	1,571	8,637
Brereton Rural	18.8%	1,395	7,437
Crewe East	18.9%	2,961	15,647
Handforth	19%	1,856	9,786
Wilmslow Lacey Green	19.1%	953	4,979
Middlewich	19.8%	2,852	14,426
Crewe North	20%	959	4,801
Wybunbury	20.3%	1,154	5,687
Shavington	20.4%	1,143	5,600
Broken Cross and Upton	20.7%	1,859	8,968
Bunbury	21.2%	1,288	6,084
Wilmslow West and Chorley	22%	2,224	10,087
Macclesfield West and Ivy	22.5%	1,847	8,216
Macclesfield East	22.8%	1,023	4,487
Congleton East	22.9%	3,257	14,220
Nantwich South and Stapeley	23%	2,224	9,676
Bollington	23.6%	2,047	8,686
Wrenbury	23.7%	1,316	5,553
Macclesfield Tytherington	23.8%	2,159	9,056
Disley	24%	1,152	4,802
Knutsford	24.6%	3,267	13,256
Sandbach Heath and East	24.7%	1,210	4,908
Haslington	24.9%	2,201	8,857
High Legh	25.3%	1,248	4,926
Willaston and Rope	25.4%	1,366	5,381
Congleton West	25.6%	3,648	14,267
Alsager	25.7%	3,441	13,386
Chelford	26.6%	1,236	4,641
Wistaston	26.8%	2,507	9,365
Wilmslow East	27.2%	1,208	4,440
Nantwich North and West	27.3%	2,349	8,614
Gawsworth	28.1%	1,231	4,383
Dane Valley	28.5%	2,956	10,371
Poynton West and Adlington	28.6%	2,434	8,520
Sutton	28.6%	1,210	4,226
Alderley Edge	28.7%	1,369	4,778
Mobberley	29.4%	1,393	4,733
Sandbach Town	29.8%	1,577	5,299
Odd Rode	30.2%	2,498	8,269
Audlem	31.2%	1,657	5,310
Prestbury	31.8%	1,398	4,397
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	33.6%	2,523	7,500

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

6.6% to 27.6%

People aged 16+ with no qualifications ranged from 6.6% in Wilmslow Dean Row to 27.6% in Crewe Central — a gap of 21 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Wilmslow Dean Row	6.6%	278	4,189
Wilmslow East	7.9%	294	3,703
Prestbury	8.8%	329	3,718
Wilmslow West and Chorley	9.1%	737	8,091
Wybunbury	9.8%	464	4,732
Leighton	9.9%	477	4,825
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	10.2%	475	4,671
Alderley Edge	10.8%	437	4,063
Chelford	10.9%	431	3,937
Macclesfield Tytherington	11.1%	840	7,559
Disley	11.2%	446	3,992
Bunbury	11.3%	585	5,195
Sandbach Elworth	11.3%	536	4,748
Willaston and Rope	11.3%	501	4,433
Brereton Rural	11.7%	703	6,018
Poynton West and Adlington	11.8%	829	7,048
Nantwich South and Stapeley	11.8%	935	7,893
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	11.9%	762	6,378
Bollington	12.2%	873	7,184
High Legh	12.3%	505	4,100
Gawsworth	12.4%	469	3,786
Broken Cross and Upton	12.4%	901	7,264
Dane Valley	12.7%	1,089	8,594
Knutsford	12.7%	1,366	10,767
Alsager	13.3%	1,462	10,958
Wilmslow Lacey Green	13.6%	550	4,046
Macclesfield East	13.7%	517	3,772
Macclesfield Central	13.7%	1,079	7,851
Wistaston	13.8%	1,099	7,986
Sutton	13.9%	506	3,628
Haslington	14.3%	1,066	7,460
Shavington	14.3%	653	4,567
Wrenbury	14.4%	666	4,636
Sandbach Town	14.5%	657	4,526
Audlem	14.7%	665	4,534
Middlewich	15.4%	1,838	11,939
Congleton West	16.1%	1,932	11,996
Sandbach Heath and East	16.3%	673	4,135
Congleton East	16.3%	1,891	11,605
Handforth	16.3%	1,289	7,890
Odd Rode	16.5%	1,177	7,155
Mobberley	16.5%	662	4,001
Macclesfield South	18.2%	1,276	6,992
Macclesfield West and Ivy	19.2%	1,296	6,752
Nantwich North and West	19.8%	1,474	7,438
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	20.6%	762	3,695
Crewe East	22.1%	2,825	12,787
Crewe North	22.2%	858	3,865
Crewe West	23.6%	2,007	8,508
Crewe South	26.7%	2,734	10,232
Crewe St Barnabas	27.3%	1,120	4,108
Crewe Central	27.6%	1,531	5,543

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

19.5% to 57.9%

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent ranged from 19.5% in Crewe St Barnabas to 57.9% in Wilmslow East — a gap of 38.4 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Crewe St Barnabas	19.5%	802	4,108
Crewe North	20.3%	783	3,865
Crewe Central	22%	1,218	5,543
Crewe South	22.8%	2,332	10,232
Crewe West	23.4%	1,991	8,508
Crewe East	23.5%	3,007	12,787
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	29%	1,070	3,695
Macclesfield West and Ivy	29%	1,960	6,752
Middlewich	30.3%	3,612	11,939
Odd Rode	31.7%	2,266	7,155
Leighton	31.9%	1,537	4,825
Macclesfield South	32.4%	2,266	6,992
Nantwich North and West	33.1%	2,464	7,438
Shavington	33.2%	1,514	4,567
Sandbach Heath and East	33.6%	1,391	4,135
Congleton West	33.9%	4,068	11,996
Congleton East	34.4%	3,989	11,605
Wistaston	34.8%	2,778	7,986
Haslington	35.1%	2,620	7,460
Handforth	37.1%	2,930	7,890
Sandbach Town	38.4%	1,739	4,526
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	38.7%	1,806	4,671
Alsager	39%	4,275	10,958
Audlem	39.4%	1,788	4,534
Willaston and Rope	39.9%	1,768	4,433
Mobberley	39.9%	1,598	4,001
Sandbach Elworth	40.2%	1,907	4,748
Macclesfield East	40.9%	1,543	3,772
Bunbury	40.9%	2,127	5,195
Macclesfield Central	41.1%	3,226	7,851
Broken Cross and Upton	41.5%	3,011	7,264
Gawsworth	41.8%	1,583	3,786
Wrenbury	41.8%	1,940	4,636
Brereton Rural	42.1%	2,531	6,018
Wybunbury	42.6%	2,014	4,732
Poynton West and Adlington	42.9%	3,022	7,048
Wilmslow Lacey Green	43%	1,740	4,046
Sutton	43.1%	1,562	3,628
Nantwich South and Stapeley	43.2%	3,406	7,893
Macclesfield Tytherington	44%	3,328	7,559
Bollington	44.5%	3,195	7,184
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	44.6%	2,843	6,378
Disley	44.8%	1,789	3,992
High Legh	45.3%	1,858	4,100
Dane Valley	45.4%	3,900	8,594
Chelford	45.8%	1,803	3,937
Knutsford	48%	5,166	10,767
Alderley Edge	50.5%	2,052	4,063
Wilmslow West and Chorley	52.9%	4,279	8,091
Prestbury	53.1%	1,973	3,718
Wilmslow Dean Row	54.4%	2,277	4,189
Wilmslow East	57.9%	2,144	3,703

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

6.4% to 27.1%

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages ranged from 6.4% in Prestbury to 27.1% in Crewe Central — a gap of 20.7 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Prestbury	6.4%	119	1,858
Wilmslow Dean Row	6.5%	144	2,206
Wilmslow East	6.6%	128	1,950
Leighton	6.6%	156	2,351
Wilmslow West and Chorley	7.6%	323	4,274
Wybunbury	8%	184	2,303
Chelford	8.9%	180	2,014
Gawsworth	9%	170	1,897
Brereton Rural	9.2%	280	3,045
Mobberley	9.4%	186	1,985
Willaston and Rope	9.4%	217	2,307
Sandbach Elworth	9.4%	235	2,490
Alderley Edge	9.6%	212	2,217
Nantwich South and Stapeley	9.7%	410	4,209
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	10%	332	3,320
Macclesfield Tytherington	10%	402	4,004
Bunbury	10.2%	238	2,335
Disley	10.2%	216	2,109
Dane Valley	10.3%	454	4,409
Poynton West and Adlington	10.5%	372	3,554
Bollington	10.5%	421	3,994
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	10.8%	271	2,498
Haslington	11%	416	3,792
Sutton	11%	205	1,858
Audlem	11.1%	253	2,289
Wistaston	11.1%	463	4,170
High Legh	11.3%	224	1,989
Knutsford	11.6%	683	5,879
Wrenbury	12%	278	2,323
Shavington	12.1%	306	2,519
Broken Cross and Upton	12.2%	469	3,831
Sandbach Town	13.2%	332	2,506
Alsager	13.3%	786	5,922
Odd Rode	13.9%	526	3,780
Wilmslow Lacey Green	14.1%	278	1,976
Congleton West	14.5%	961	6,635
Macclesfield East	14.5%	317	2,182
Middlewich	14.5%	912	6,274
Macclesfield Central	14.7%	704	4,777
Congleton East	15%	929	6,200
Sandbach Heath and East	15.4%	363	2,355
Handforth	18.3%	803	4,389
Nantwich North and West	18.7%	797	4,258
Macclesfield South	19.6%	754	3,853
Crewe North	20%	418	2,091
Macclesfield West and Ivy	20%	728	3,640
Crewe East	20.3%	1,363	6,724
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	21%	455	2,165
Crewe South	21.1%	1,093	5,188
Crewe West	21.2%	960	4,522
Crewe St Barnabas	24.5%	539	2,197
Crewe Central	27.1%	881	3,256

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

2.2% to 32%

Homes rented from a council or housing association ranged from 2.2% in Leighton to 32% in Crewe St Barnabas — a gap of 29.9 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 52 of 52 current wards with comparable figures.

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Leighton	2.2%	51	2,350
Wilmslow East	2.4%	47	1,948
Wybunbury	2.6%	61	2,302
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley	2.7%	90	3,322
Wilmslow Dean Row	3.4%	76	2,203
Mobberley	3.6%	71	1,984
Wilmslow West and Chorley	3.8%	162	4,277
Prestbury	4.4%	81	1,856
Wistaston	4.6%	190	4,170
Willaston and Rope	4.7%	108	2,306
High Legh	5%	100	1,989
Nantwich South and Stapeley	5.2%	218	4,209
Disley	5.5%	115	2,109
Macclesfield Tytherington	5.8%	233	4,002
Haslington	6.6%	249	3,792
Audlem	6.9%	157	2,287
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock	7.1%	178	2,499
Odd Rode	7.3%	276	3,777
Dane Valley	7.4%	328	4,404
Alderley Edge	7.8%	174	2,218
Brereton Rural	7.9%	242	3,046
Shavington	8%	201	2,520
Bollington	8.1%	324	3,994
Bunbury	8.2%	192	2,333
Poynton West and Adlington	8.4%	298	3,555
Gawsworth	8.4%	160	1,897
Sandbach Elworth	8.5%	211	2,488
Chelford	8.5%	171	2,014
Sandbach Town	8.5%	214	2,506
Sutton	9.3%	172	1,858
Macclesfield Central	9.3%	444	4,773
Wrenbury	9.4%	219	2,321
Congleton West	10.5%	700	6,636
Alsager	11.1%	658	5,922
Broken Cross and Upton	11.3%	434	3,831
Middlewich	11.5%	724	6,273
Crewe South	12.8%	666	5,188
Knutsford	13.8%	810	5,875
Macclesfield East	14.2%	309	2,180
Crewe North	15.4%	321	2,090
Crewe East	15.7%	1,054	6,726
Congleton East	16.2%	1,007	6,202
Crewe West	18.1%	819	4,524
Sandbach Heath and East	18.2%	429	2,357
Wilmslow Lacey Green	19.5%	386	1,977
Nantwich North and West	20%	851	4,256
Macclesfield South	22.6%	872	3,851
Macclesfield West and Ivy	24.1%	878	3,640
Handforth	26.2%	1,149	4,388
Macclesfield Hurdsfield	28.9%	626	2,165
Crewe Central	31.7%	1,033	3,255
Crewe St Barnabas	32%	704	2,197

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