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Cheshire East: its 52 neighbourhoods compared
Typical resale prices, how affluent each neighbourhood is today and the signs of change against Cheshire East as a whole, from official records, as of 30 October 2026. Typical house prices run from £131,000 in Crewe Town & Victoria Avenue to £845,000 in Prestbury & Adlington.
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
50.4%
Leighton Hospital, the A&E nearest most of the council's residents, in September 2026 (England 61%). The NHS standard is 95%.
Category 2 calls (emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks): ambulance response
24 min 20 s
Mean, North West Ambulance Service, Sep 2026 (England 31 min 18 s).
Fire engines at dwelling fires
8 min 37 s
Average from the call, 2025/26 (England 8 min 15 s).
Homes at high or medium flood risk
0.4%
716 homes from rivers and the sea in the Environment Agency's data of June 2026; 31st of 35 councils in North West.
Households in fuel poverty
8.6%
2024, England's own measure; 32nd highest of 35 in North West.
Extra deaths in winter
23.9%
Average winter rise in deaths, 2014/15 to 2018/19 (England 21.4%).
Neighbourhoods in Cheshire East
| Neighbourhood | Typical house | Typical flat | Affluence today | Signs of gentrification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderley Edge & Chelford | £602,500 | £319,000 | Among the most affluent | Few signs |
| Alsager East | £250,000 | – | Middle income | Some signs |
| Alsager West | £277,500 | – | Affluent | Some signs |
| Audlem, Bunbury & Wrenbury | £452,000 | – | Affluent | Mixed signs |
| Bollington | £312,500 | £215,000 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Buglawton | £230,000 | – | Middle income | Few signs |
| Central Macclesfield | £215,000 | £121,250 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Church Minshull, Kingsbourne & Sound | £337,500 | – | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Congleton Town | £225,000 | £131,000 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Congleton West Heath | £285,000 | £150,000 | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Cranage & Goostrey | £435,000 | – | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Crewe Coppenhall & Underwood | £149,000 | £87,600 | Among the most income-deprived | Some signs |
| Crewe Gresty Road | £150,000 | – | Below average income | Moving the other way |
| Crewe Leighton | £200,000 | – | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Crewe Mill Street & College | £140,000 | – | Below average income | Clear signs |
| Crewe North East | £170,000 | – | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Crewe North West | £170,000 | – | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Crewe South West & Wistaston | £300,000 | – | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Crewe Sydney & Gateway | £177,500 | – | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Crewe Town & Victoria Avenue | £131,000 | – | Among the most income-deprived | Moving the other way |
| Disley & Lyme Park | £375,000 | – | Affluent | Clear signs |
| Fulshaw Park & Lindow | £550,000 | – | Among the most affluent | Few signs |
| Gawsworth & Macclesfield Forest | £445,000 | – | Among the most affluent | Moving the other way |
| Handforth & Dean Row | £366,250 | £165,500 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Haslington & Weston | £270,000 | – | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Hightown, Mossley & Timbersbrook | £327,500 | – | Affluent | Strong signs |
| Holmes Chapel | £357,500 | £112,250 | Middle income | Clear signs |
| Knutsford North | £385,000 | £222,000 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Lacey Green & Wilmslow Park | £432,000 | £160,750 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Macclesfield Bollinbrook | £325,000 | £152,500 | Among the most affluent | Some signs |
| Macclesfield East & Hurdsfield | £225,000 | £175,000 | Middle income | Few signs |
| Macclesfield South & Lyme Green | £235,000 | – | Below average income | Clear signs |
| Macclesfield Tytherington | £400,000 | £142,500 | Affluent | Few signs |
| Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside | £325,000 | £170,000 | Below average income | Mixed signs |
| Macclesfield Weston | £265,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
| Middlewich East | £210,000 | – | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| Middlewich West | £220,000 | £150,000 | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Mobberley, Plumley & High Legh | £570,000 | £232,500 | Among the most affluent | Moving the other way |
| Nantwich North East | £250,000 | £142,250 | Below average income | Some signs |
| Nantwich South East & Wybunbury | £323,500 | – | Affluent | Moving the other way |
| Nantwich South West | £259,000 | £122,500 | Middle income | Some signs |
| Poynton East | £425,000 | £180,000 | Affluent | Some signs |
| Poynton West | £435,000 | – | Affluent | Some signs |
| Prestbury & Adlington | £845,000 | £280,000 | Among the most affluent | Moving the other way |
| Sandbach Ettiley Heath & Wheelock | £257,500 | £135,000 | Middle income | Some signs |
| Sandbach Heath | £242,000 | £145,000 | Below average income | Few signs |
| Sandbach North | £276,750 | – | Affluent | Strong signs |
| Scholar Green, Rode Heath & Brereton | £262,000 | – | Middle income | Mixed signs |
| South Knutsford & Bexton | £644,000 | £208,750 | Among the most affluent | Few signs |
| Willaston & Shavington | £242,000 | – | Middle income | Moving the other way |
| Wilmslow Town | £676,000 | £249,950 | Among the most affluent | Some signs |
| Wistaston Green | £190,000 | – | Below average income | Few signs |
Prices are each neighbourhood's median resale price of houses and of flats over its latest three-year window; a dash means too few sales. Affluence today and the gentrification reading are from each neighbourhood's own page, where every figure has its source. Where these readings sit among every neighbourhood: the gentrification league table.
A&E waiting times at the hospitals nearest Cheshire East's residents
| A&E | Nearest to | Seen within 4 hours | Nation | Waited over 12 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leighton Hospital | 193,460 residents (1.2 km from the nearest) | 50.4% in September 2026 | England 61% | 18.1% |
| Macclesfield District General Hospital | 121,235 residents (130 m from the nearest) | 47.2% in September 2026 | England 61% | 17.3% |
| Wythenshawe Hospital | 46,734 residents (7.4 km from the nearest) | 55.4% in September 2026 | England 61% | 7% |
| Stepping Hill Hospital | 30,465 residents (3.8 km from the nearest) | Not published | – | – |
| Royal Stoke University Hospital | 6,880 residents (11.9 km from the nearest) | 38.9% in September 2026 | England 61% | 18.5% |
Each of the council's neighbourhoods (middle layer super output areas) is matched to its nearest major A&E in a straight line, not by travel time or catchment. The NHS standard is 95% within 4 hours. A&E waiting times: NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions, Emergency Care Data Set performance (experimental statistics); Welsh Government, StatsWales, emergency department performance; Public Health Scotland, monthly A&E activity and waiting times. All Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ambulance response times
- Ambulance service Cheshire East is covered by North West Ambulance Service. Response times are published for the whole service, not by council.
- Category 2 calls (emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks), latest 24 min 20 s (North West Ambulance Service, Sep 2026); England 31 min 18 s; the standard is 18 minutes.
GP appointments: how soon people are seen
- GP appointments Not available yet: the council figures job has not loaded them.
Fire and rescue response times
- Response to dwelling fires, 2025/26 8 min 37 s on average over 296 fires; England 8 min 15 s. The service covers Cheshire East and its neighbours; no figure is published by council.
- Response to all primary fires, 2025/26 9 min 51 s on average; England 9 min 25 s.
Homes at risk of flooding
- Homes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea 716 (0.4% of the council's homes) in the Environment Agency's data of June 2026, with flood defences.
- Where it ranks 31st highest share of 35 councils in North West.
All 35 councils, ranked
Rivers and sea for the property and its postcode: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Properties and Postcodes in Areas at Risk, Open Government Licence v3.0. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some of the data in the database has been produced using data licensed from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, © NERC. © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. Homes: Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties, March 2026.
Fuel poverty
- Households in fuel poverty, 2024 8.6% (about 15,605 households); England 10.0%, North West 10.2%.
- Where it ranks 32nd highest of 35 councils in North West.
- Measured how England's own measure, so not comparable with the other nations' figures.
All 35 councils, ranked
Extra deaths in winter
- Five winters before the pandemic (2014/15 to 2018/19) Deaths in winter were on average 23.9% higher than in the rest of the year here (England 21.4%); our own average of the five winters' indexes.
- Latest winter, 2020/21 27.7% more deaths than in the rest of the year (England 35.4%), in the second winter of the pandemic.
Postcode districts in Cheshire East
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