Editing Middlewich (section)

==Demography==

[[File:Middlewich Population.svg|thumb|240px|[[Population growth]] in Middlewich since 1801]]
At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]], the Middlewich [[Ward (politics)|wards]] of Cledford and Kinderton had a total population of 13,101.<ref name="congleton.gov.uk">{{cite web |title=Key Stats by Town & Ward – Census Results 2001 |publisher=Congleton Borough Council |url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/pool/16032005103584.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5ln6hYLxD?url=http://www.congleton.gov.uk/pool/16032005103584.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2009 |access-date=14 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Middlewich's population is relatively young; the proportion of children (aged 0–15) is 3% higher than the national average.<ref name="Census">{{cite web | title=Census Area Profile| work=2001 Census | url=http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AC774756-1215-4841-853C-4F39440697DE/0/MiddlewichHeadline.pdf | access-date=21 May 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004603/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AC774756-1215-4841-853C-4F39440697DE/0/MiddlewichHeadline.pdf |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=National Statistics Online| work=2001 Census | url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pyramids/pages/UK.asp | access-date=21 May 2006}}</ref> Households are larger than average, consistent with a younger population, with an average of 2.51 people per household,<ref name="Census"/> compared to the national average of 2.36. Approximately 25% are single person households, compared to 30% nationally; the majority (almost 85%) of Middlewich's housing stock is owner-occupied.<ref name="Census"/>

Three-quarters of the 9,500 people between the ages of 16 and 74 are classed as "economically active", that is, either in full or part-time employment, or full-time students.<ref name="Census"/> Unemployment runs at around 2.2%, compared to 3.4% nationally. Eighty-seven percent of households own at least one car, primarily used for travel to and from work; nearly 77% of residents travel to work by car, 10% work from home, and the remainder use public transport, walk, or cycle.<ref name="Census"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%; margin:1em auto;"
! colspan="20" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Population of Middlewich since 1801
|-
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Year
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1801
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1841
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1851
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1891
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1901
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1911
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1921
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1931
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1939
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1951
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1961
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1971
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1981
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 1991
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 2001
! style="background:white; color:navy;" | 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Population 
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 1,190
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 1,242
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 1,235
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 3,706
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 4,669
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 4,909
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 5,115
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 5,458
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 6,390
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 6,736
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 6,863
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 7,853
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 8,300
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 11,913
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 13,101
| style="background:white; color:black;" | 13,595
|-
| colspan="20" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|'''Sources:'''<ref name="congleton.gov.uk"/><ref>{{cite web| title=Middlewich USD: Total Population |publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10005383&c_id=10001043&add=N |access-date=14 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Middlewich UD: Total Population |publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10221171&c_id=10001043&add=N |access-date=14 March 2008}}</ref>
|}

At the 2001 census, 16.3% of the population of Middlewich either did not answer the question about religion, or stated that they had no religion.<ref name="Census"/> The breakdown for Congleton showed that 99.3% of those that replied, and did not state that they had no religion, were Christian; the figures for Middlewich will be broadly similar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census 2001:Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/KS_LA_E&W_part1.pdf |access-date=22 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20031222005406/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/KS_LA_E%26W_part1.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2003 }}</ref>