Crewe and Nantwich - Demographics

Demographics

From the Census 2001:

• Average age: 39.1 (England and Wales: 38.6)
• Marital status:
  • Never married: 26% (30.1%)
  • Married or remarried: 55.2% (50.9%)
  • Separated: 2.1% (2.4%)
  • Divorced: 8.2% (8.2%)
  • Widowed: 8.5% (8.4%).
• Ethnicity:
  • White: 98.0% (90.9%)
  • Mixed: 0.7% (1.3%)
  • Asian/Asian British: 0.5% (4.6%)
  • Black/Black British: 0.4% (2.1%)
  • Chinese or other: 0.4% (0.9%)
• Religion:
  • Christian: 80.2% (71.8%)
  • Buddhist: 0.1% (0.3%)
  • Hindu: 0.1% (1.1%)
  • Jewish: 0.0% (0.5%)
  • Muslim: 0.4% (3.0%)
  • Sikh: 0.0% (0.6%)
  • Other religion: 0.2% (0.3%)
  • No religion: 11.9% (14.8%)
  • No religion stated: 6.9% (7.7%).
• Economic activity:
  • Employed: 62.2% (60.6%)
  • Unemployed: 2.8% (3.4%)
  • Economically active full-time student: 2.6% (2.6%)
  • Retired: 15.0% (13.6%)
  • Economically inactive student: 3.6% (4.7%)
  • Looking after home/family: 6.1% (6.5%)
  • Permanently sick or disabled: 5.1% (5.5%)
  • Other economically inactive: 2.6% (3.1%).
• Crime levels (per 1000 population)
  • Violence against the person: 5.7 (England and Wales: 11.4).
  • Sexual offences: 0.2 (0.7).
  • Robbery: 0.4 (1.8).
  • Burglary from a dwelling: 7.2 (7.6).
  • Theft of a motor vehicle: 2.4 (6.4).
  • Theft from a motor vehicle: 7.8 (11.9).

According to 2003 figures, Crewe had the lowest crime rate and highest detection levels in Cheshire.