List of settlements in Cheshire by population

See also: Cheshire § Settlements

Warrington

Chester

Crewe

Ellesmere Port

Runcorn

Widnes

Macclesfield

Winsford

Wilmslow

Northwich

Sandbach

Congleton

Nantwich

Alsager

Neston

Middlewich

Davenham

Knutsford

Poynton

Lymm

Frodsham

Elworth

Bollington

Culcheth

Hartford

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The 26 largest settlements in Cheshire. District centres in yellow.

This is a list of settlements in Cheshire by population based on the results of the 2021 census. The following United Kingdom census will take place in 2031. In 2011, there were 32 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Cheshire, shown in the table below.

Population ranking

#	Settlement	Council area	Population [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
			2001	2011	2021
1	Warrington	Warrington	158,146	166,423	174,970
2	Chester	Cheshire West and Chester	81,810	86,450	92,760
3	Crewe	Cheshire East	65,669	70,101	76,437
4	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester	62,081	60,572	65,430
5	Runcorn	Halton	59,944	61,260	61,645
6	Widnes	Halton	53,181	58,086	59,935
7	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	51,277	53,351	54,345
8	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	28,922	29,756	32,530
9	Congleton	Cheshire East	25,768	26,588	30,005
10	Wilmslow	Cheshire East	23,129	24,424	25,725
11	Sandbach	Cheshire East	9,546	9,798	11,290
12	Nantwich	Cheshire East	13,617	17,172	18,740
13	Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester	14,676	15,947	18,640
14	Alsager	Cheshire East	14,178	13,347	15,505
15	Neston	Cheshire West and Chester	14,712	14,798	14,960
16	Middlewich	Cheshire East	13,101	13,595	14,425
17	Davenham	Cheshire West and Chester	11,784	13,051	13,835
18	Knutsford	Cheshire East	12,656	13,191	13,255
19	Poynton	Cheshire East	13,391	13,161	13,010
20	Lymm	Warrington	9,515	11,265	11,545
21	Sandbach	Cheshire East	9,546	9,798	11,290
22	Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester	8,908	9,032	9,100
23	Elworth	Cheshire East	5,857	6,011	7,645
24	Bollington	Cheshire East	6,622	7,096	7,235
25	Culcheth	Warrington	6,729	6,708	6,720
26	Hartford	Cheshire West and Chester	5,515	5,558	6,695
27	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	5,669	5,605	6,670
28	Weaverham	Cheshire West and Chester	6,293	6,087	6,265
29	Barnton	Cheshire West and Chester	6,109	6,185	6,255
30	Cuddington	Cheshire West and Chester	4,920	5,042	5,860
31	Helsby	Cheshire West and Chester	4,701	4,972	5,275
32	Haslington	Cheshire East	5,075	4,855	5,040

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Civil parishes in Cheshire
• List of places in Cheshire
• List of towns and cities in England by population

References

1. "Warrington (Unitary District, North West England, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
2. "Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary District, North West England, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
3. "Cheshire East (Unitary District, North West England, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
4. "Halton (Unitary District, North West England, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de.
5. 2011 census table: ONS
6. 2021 census table: ONS