Area type
Unitary Authority
Population Density
390
Population growth
0.2%
Gender ratio
0.95 male to female
english main language
97%
birth rate
9.7
death rate
11.3
Major religion
55% Christian
Urbanisation
74%
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The population of Cheshire West and Chester is 357,699 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Cheshire West and Chester's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.2% per year. Cheshire West and Chester covers an area of 917 square kilometres (354 square miles) and has a population density of 390 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Cheshire West and Chester is predominantly white (95%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5% of the population.
The median average age in Cheshire West and Chester in 2021 was 43.8, with over 18s representing 83.9% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.4 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of Cheshire West and Chester was approximately 243,307 or 74%, while the rural population was around 86,301 or 26%.
The largest religious group in Cheshire West and Chester is Christians who account for 55% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 96.7% of people in Cheshire West and Chester, and spoken either well or very well by 3% of the population. 0.5% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of Cheshire West and Chester is 357,699 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Cheshire West and Chester grew by an estimated 13,876 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
Cheshire West and Chester's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.2%, which is 0.7% lower than the average population growth rate in Cheshire West and Chester for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.9%).
Cheshire West and Chester covers an area of 917 square kilometres (354 square miles) and has a population density of 390 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.8% of Cheshire West and Chester's 357,699 population, while females made up 51.2% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.443 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Cheshire West and Chester, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 299,981.
Cheshire West and Chester's age structure shows the working-age population to be 223,682 which is 62.5% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.1% of the population, and over 65s represent 21.3% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
Cheshire West and Chester's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Cheshire West and Chester was 43.8 years in 2019.
Of the Cheshire West and Chester population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Cheshire West and Chester is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Cheshire West and Chester has a life expectancy of 83 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 80 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in Cheshire West and Chester has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 79 years to a life expectancy of 82 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.7 | 83.4 | 81.6 |
| 01-04 | 79.0 | 82.5 | 80.8 |
| 05-09 | 75.0 | 78.6 | 76.8 |
| 10-14 | 70.0 | 73.6 | 71.8 |
| 15-19 | 65.0 | 68.6 | 66.8 |
| 20-24 | 60.1 | 63.6 | 61.9 |
| 25-29 | 55.2 | 58.6 | 56.9 |
| 30-34 | 50.4 | 53.7 | 52.1 |
| 35-39 | 45.6 | 48.9 | 47.3 |
| 40-44 | 40.9 | 44.0 | 42.5 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Cheshire West and Chester is predominantly white (95.3%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 4.7% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Cheshire West and Chester accounting for 2.0% of the population.
2,107 or 1% of the Cheshire West and Chester population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Cheshire West and Chester is Christians, accounting for 54.5% of the population.
Cheshire West and Chester has a Muslim population of 3,506 which is 1.0% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics