Housing in CW5 5BT
What the homes in CW5 5BT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Nantwich South West
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,461 (2024)
CW5 5BTNantwich
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (35.6%). Flats make up 40.3%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
49.5% of households in the CW5 5BT area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 20.1% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 31.8% own outright and 17.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned49.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.9%1%
- Private rented20.1%20.5%
- Social rented28.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 43.4% 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 66 or over (23.9%). 18.2% 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 CW5 5BT (Nantwich South West) (about 1,461 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.