Housing in CW1 3BW
What the homes in CW1 3BW are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Crewe Coppenhall & Underwood
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,457 (2024)
CW1 3BWCrewe
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (57%). Flats make up 23.4%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
29.1% of households in the CW1 3BW area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 50.4% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 15.2% own outright and 13.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned29.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented50.4%20.5%
- Social rented20.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 38.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (30.8%). 27.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Cheshire East
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Cheshire East (August 2026, +6.6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around CW1 3BW (Crewe Coppenhall & Underwood) (about 1,457 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.