Cheshire East: local statistics
Cheshire East is a unitary authority in the North West, home to an estimated 425,459 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Cheshire East, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Cheshire East at £309,121 for July 2026, up 5.0% on July 2025. It ranks as the 3rd highest in the North West; the average for the North West was £221,445. Prices are 51% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Cheshire East (£40,991) gives a ratio of 7.5. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio in the North West.
The claimant count for Cheshire East stood at 6,015 in August 2026, or 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 4.2% in the North West. A year earlier the rate was 2.2%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.2% (January 2026) and 3.3% (August 2021).
A girl born in Cheshire East in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.8 years and a boy 80.2 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. In 2012 to 2014 the figures were 83.7 and 80.2. It is the 3rd highest for women in the North West.
In March 2026, 22,390 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Cheshire East, 4% more than in 2016. There are 53 per 1,000 residents, 4th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest.
The median full-time employee living in Cheshire East was paid £808.10 a week before tax in April 2025, or £40,991 over a year. That is 10.0% above the figure for the North West and 5th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in Cheshire East the median is £771.90 a week (−£36.20 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £536.60: a change of +51% before inflation.
Cheshire East had an estimated 425,459 residents in mid-2025, a change of +1.2% in a year. That is 46,948 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 12.4%, against +8.2% for the North West as a whole. That is the 6th fastest growth of 35 in the North West. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The police recorded 60.4 crimes per 1,000 residents in Cheshire East in the year to March 2026 (25,693 offences in all), 29th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest rate. The rate was 60.8 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 34.2 to 79.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.3% of Cheshire East residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.1 points either way, against 73.8% across the North West. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 72.5% to 81.9%.
Average Band D council tax in Cheshire East is £2,454.87 for 2026-27, 5.2% more than in 2025-26. It is the 24th highest of 35 in the North West. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,539.99, so it has risen 59%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 378,511 |
| 2016 | 381,414 |
| 2017 | 384,221 |
| 2018 | 386,891 |
| 2019 | 390,556 |
| 2020 | 393,203 |
| 2021 | 400,474 |
| 2022 | 406,971 |
| 2023 | 414,906 |
| 2024 | 420,472 |
| 2025 | 425,459 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £205,301 |
| July 2017 | £204,006 |
| July 2018 | £214,034 |
| July 2019 | £218,866 |
| July 2020 | £219,942 |
| July 2021 | £243,212 |
| July 2022 | £265,215 |
| July 2023 | £272,248 |
| July 2024 | £280,185 |
| July 2025 | £294,348 |
| July 2026 | £309,121 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £536.60 a week |
| 2016 | £541.80 a week |
| 2017 | £557.70 a week |
| 2018 | £588.00 a week |
| 2019 | £623.80 a week |
| 2020 | £628.50 a week |
| 2021 | £626.50 a week |
| 2022 | £662.60 a week |
| 2023 | £670.80 a week |
| 2024 | £758.90 a week |
| 2025 | £808.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,539.99 |
| 2017-18 | £1,610.44 |
| 2018-19 | £1,706.28 |
| 2019-20 | £1,777.26 |
| 2020-21 | £1,851.05 |
| 2021-22 | £1,944.45 |
| 2022-23 | £2,003.60 |
| 2023-24 | £2,109.02 |
| 2024-25 | £2,217.19 |
| 2025-26 | £2,332.61 |
| 2026-27 | £2,454.87 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 34.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 41.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 57.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 79.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 79.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 69.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 72.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 68.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 61.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 60.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 60.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 77.3% |
| 2016/17 | 76.4% |
| 2017/18 | 75.4% |
| 2018/19 | 79.4% |
| 2019/20 | 81.7% |
| 2020/21 | 72.5% |
| 2021/22 | 74.1% |
| 2022/23 | 81.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81.6% |
| 2024/25 | 78.8% |
| 2025/26 | 78.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.9 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 21,465 |
| 2017 | 22,625 |
| 2018 | 22,915 |
| 2019 | 22,280 |
| 2020 | 22,190 |
| 2021 | 22,175 |
| 2022 | 22,185 |
| 2023 | 21,930 |
| 2024 | 21,890 |
| 2025 | 22,075 |
| 2026 | 22,390 |
Questions about Cheshire East
What is the average house price in Cheshire East?
£309,121 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+5.0% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Cheshire East?
6,015 in August 2026 (2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Cheshire East?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.2 years for men and 83.8 for women.
What is the average salary in Cheshire East?
£808.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Cheshire East?
425,459 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Cheshire East?
Home Office figures show 25,693 offences in the year to March 2026, or 60.4 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Cheshire East?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,454.87 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Cheshire East
Every body that makes decisions for Cheshire East, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Cheshire East council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Cheshire East in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Chester South and Eddisbury: Aphra Brandreth (Conservative) MP
- Congleton: Sarah Russell (Labour) MP
- Crewe and Nantwich: Connor Naismith (Labour) MP
- Macclesfield: Tim Roca (Labour) MP
- Mid Cheshire: Andrew Cooper (Labour) MP
- Tatton: Esther McVey (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North West
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North West: Bolton · Cheshire West and Chester · Liverpool · Stockport · Wigan · Wirral
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