Housing in SK9 5AF
What the homes in SK9 5AF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Wilmslow Town
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,825 (2024)
SK9 5AFWilmslow
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (31.4%). Flats make up 34%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
66.8% of households in the SK9 5AF area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 24% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 42.9% own outright and 23.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned66.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented24%20.5%
- Social rented8.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%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% 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 (25.7%). 19.9% 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 SK9 5AF (Wilmslow Town) (about 1,825 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.