Cheshire East

Key figures

16 of 16 measures have a published figure for Cheshire East. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Cheshire East, not our estimates.

• 3,578 births and 4,461 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 883.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 5,075 people.
• International migration (net) added 743 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 52.
• Altogether the population grew by 4,987 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Cheshire East: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Cheshire East’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Cheshire East moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour and Independent coalition (2026) — Conservative 32, Labour 28, Other and independent 19, Liberal Democrat 1, Green 1, Reform UK 1 of 82 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (2016–2018); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2019–2024); Labour and Independent coalition (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Cheshire East’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

27,945 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 65.7 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 9.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£40,991
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,578people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013370,127people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022398,772people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026370,127people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026398,772people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026370,127people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026398,772people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026398,773people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026370,127people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026398,772people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026370,127people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026398,770people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 9.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20265,990people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.2 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.4%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,455
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20264,461people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,553kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,095kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 1.6 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20265%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 5.0% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£303,387
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202514.2
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20252.5%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202514.9%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20265,075people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,864people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026743people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,121people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-883people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202652people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025421,298people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20266.3%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 6.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£984
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 6.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£808

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Cheshire East; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Cheshire East, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £1,851Year ending March 2021→£2,455Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Cheshire East, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,851 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,455 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £604 or 32.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,455 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,851 in the year ending March 2021 = £604, which is 32.6% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,454.87 and 1,851.05, and 2,454.87 − 1,851.05 = 603.82.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Cheshire East, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,851 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,455 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £604 or 32.6%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £26,4502008→£40,9912025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Cheshire East, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,450 in 2008 to £40,991 in 2025, a change of £14,541 or 55.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £40,991 in 2025 − £26,450 in 2008 = £14,541, which is 55.0% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Cheshire East, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,450 in 2008 to £40,991 in 2025, a change of £14,541 or 55.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5072008→£8082025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Cheshire East, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £507 in 2008 to £808 in 2025, a change of £301 or 59.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £808 in 2025 − £507 in 2008 = £301, which is 59.4% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 808.10 and 507.10, and 808.10 − 507.10 = 301.00.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Cheshire East, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £507 in 2008 to £808 in 2025, a change of £301 or 59.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 893Year to mid-2012→5,075Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Cheshire East, net internal migration by local authority rose from 893 in Year to mid-2012 to 5,075 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 4,182 or 468.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  5,075 in Year to mid-2025 − 893 in Year to mid-2012 = 4,182, which is 468.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, net internal migration by local authority rose from 893 in Year to mid-2012 to 5,075 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 4,182 or 468.3% (ONS).

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• 1,619Year to mid-2012→2,864Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Cheshire East, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,619 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,864 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,245 or 76.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,864 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,619 in Year to mid-2012 = 1,245, which is 76.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,619 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,864 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,245 or 76.9% (ONS).

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• 1,484Year to mid-2012→2,121Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Cheshire East, international migration out of a local authority rose from 1,484 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,121 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 637 or 42.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,121 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,484 in Year to mid-2012 = 637, which is 42.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, international migration out of a local authority rose from 1,484 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,121 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 637 or 42.9% (ONS).

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• 135Year to mid-2012→743Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Cheshire East, net international migration by local authority rose from 135 in Year to mid-2012 to 743 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 608 or 450.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  743 in Year to mid-2025 − 135 in Year to mid-2012 = 608, which is 450.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, net international migration by local authority rose from 135 in Year to mid-2012 to 743 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 608 or 450.4% (ONS).

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• 4,065Year to mid-2012→3,578Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Cheshire East, births by local authority fell from 4,065 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,578 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 487 or 12.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,578 in Year to mid-2025 − 4,065 in Year to mid-2012 = −487, which is 12.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, births by local authority fell from 4,065 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,578 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 487 or 12.0% (ONS).

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• 3,561Year to mid-2012→4,461Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Cheshire East, deaths by local authority rose from 3,561 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,461 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 900 or 25.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  4,461 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,561 in Year to mid-2012 = 900, which is 25.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, deaths by local authority rose from 3,561 in Year to mid-2012 to 4,461 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 900 or 25.3% (ONS).

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• 504Year to mid-2012→-883Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Cheshire East, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 504 in Year to mid-2012 to -883 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,387 or 275.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -883 in Year to mid-2025 − 504 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,387, which is 275.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 504 in Year to mid-2012 to -883 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,387 or 275.2% (ONS).

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• 233Year to mid-2012→52Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Cheshire East, other population change by local authority fell from 233 in Year to mid-2012 to 52 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 181 or 77.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  52 in Year to mid-2025 − 233 in Year to mid-2012 = −181, which is 77.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Cheshire East, other population change by local authority fell from 233 in Year to mid-2012 to 52 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 181 or 77.7% (ONS).

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Compare Cheshire East with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Cheshire East and Birmingham
• Cheshire East and Leeds
• Cheshire East and North Yorkshire
• Cheshire East and Somerset
• Cheshire East and Cornwall
• Cheshire East and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

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• High Peak · compare
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• Newcastle-under-Lyme · compare
• Shropshire · compare
• Staffordshire Moorlands · compare

Areas like Cheshire East

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Cheshire East’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• Monmouthshire · compare
• Midlothian · compare
• South Norfolk · compare
• East Cambridgeshire · compare
• Cheshire West and Chester · compare
• Forest of Dean · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Cheshire East said then and says now, with the periods named. Cheshire East since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Cheshire East are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.