This is a list of settlements in Cheshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 25 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Cheshire, shown in the table below.
# | Settlement | Council area | Population [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | |
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2001 | 2011 | |||
1 | Warrington | Warrington | 157,860 | 165,456 |
2 | Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | 81,650 | 86,011 |
3 | Crewe | Cheshire East | 67,760 | 71,722 |
4 | Runcorn | Halton | 60,320 | 61,789 |
5 | Widnes | Halton | 55,680 | 61,464 |
6 | Ellesmere Port | Cheshire West and Chester | 62,510 | 61,090 |
7 | Macclesfield | Cheshire East | 54,440 | 56,581 |
8 | Northwich | Cheshire West and Chester | 42,820 | 45,471 |
9 | Wilmslow | Cheshire East | 34,090 | 35,945 |
10 | Winsford | Cheshire West and Chester | 29,440 | 30,259 |
11 | Congleton | Cheshire East | 25,510 | 26,178 |
12 | Sandbach | Cheshire East | 17,630 | 17,976 |
13 | Nantwich | Cheshire East | 13,450 | 17,226 |
14 | Poynton | Cheshire East | 15,442 | 15,282 |
15 | Neston | Cheshire West and Chester | 15,018 | 15,064 |
16 | Middlewich | Cheshire East | 13,100 | 13,595 |
17 | Alsager | Cheshire East | 14,178 | 13,347 |
18 | Knutsford | Cheshire East | 12,656 | 13,191 |
19 | Lymm | Warrington | 9,830 | 11,608 |
20 | Frodsham | Cheshire West and Chester | 8,908 | 9,032 |
21 | Bollington | Cheshire East | 6,880 | 7,373 |
22 | Culcheth | Warrington | 6,730 | 6,708 |
23 | Weaverham | Cheshire West and Chester | 6,293 | 6,087 |
24 | Holmes Chapel | Cheshire East | 5,669 | 5,605 |
25 | Helsby | Cheshire West and Chester | 4,911 | 5,166 |
26 | Haslington | Cheshire East | 5,075 | 4,855 |
Halton is a unitary authority district with borough status in Cheshire, North West England. It was created in 1974 as a district of the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998 under Halton Borough Council. Since 2014 it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The borough consists of the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. The district borders Merseyside, the Borough of Warrington and Cheshire West and Chester.
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. It superseded the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal and the City of Chester; its council assumed the functions and responsibilities of the former Cheshire County Council within its area. The remainder of ceremonial Cheshire is composed of Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington.