CREWE AND NANTWICH

Borough of Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich ''Shown within Cheshire''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Cheshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 112th 430.41 km²
Admin. HQ:	Crewe
ONS code:	13UD
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.0% White
Politics
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council http://www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Gwyneth Dunwoody, Stephen O'Brien

'Crewe and Nantwich' is one of six local government districts in the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, England. It has a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contains 69 civil parishes and one unparished area: the town of Crewe.
The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created in the local government reorganisation of 1974 by the merger of the borough of Crewe (an industrial town), the urban district of Nantwich (a much smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District.
There is also a Parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which has been held since its creation in 1983 for the Labour Party by Gwyneth Dunwoody. Note that the borders of the parliamentary constituency are not contiguous with those of the Borough, as much of the rural area in the west of the borough and the newly built area in the north of Crewe around Leighton Hospital is in the Eddisbury constituency.
On 4 May 2006 a referendum was held to decide whether the "Leader and Cabinet" form of local government would be replaced by an elected Mayor. The proposal was rejected by 18,768 (60.8%) votes to 11,808 (38.2%) on a 35.3% turnout.

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Demographics

Demographics

From the Census 2001.

★ Average age: 39.1 (''England and Wales: 38.6'')

★ Marital status:

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★ Never married: 26% (''30.1%'')

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★ Married or remarried: 55.2% (''50.9%'')

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★ Separated: 2.1% (''2.4%'')

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★ Divorced: 8.2% (''8.2%'')

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★ Widowed: 8.5% (''8.4%'').

★ Ethnicity:

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★ White: 98.0% (''90.9%'')

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★ Mixed: 0.7% (''1.3%'')

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★ Asian/Asian British: 0.5% (''4.6%'')

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★ Black/Black British: 0.4% (''2.1%'')

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★ Chinese or other: 0.4% (''0.9%'')

★ Religion:

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★ Christian: 80.2% (''71.8%'')

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★ Buddhist: 0.1% (''0.3%'')

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★ Hindu: 0.1% (''1.1%'')

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★ Jewish: 0.0% (''0.5%'')

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★ Muslim: 0.4% (''3.0%'')

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★ Sikh: 0.0% (''0.6%'')

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★ Other religion: 0.2% (''0.3%'')

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★ No religion: 11.9% (''14.8%'')

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★ No religion stated: 6.9% (''7.7%'').

★ Economic activity:

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★ Employed: 62.2% (''60.6%'')

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★ Unemployed: 2.8% (''3.4%'')

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★ Economically active full-time student: 2.6% (''2.6%'')

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★ Retired: 15.0% (''13.6%'')

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★ Economically inactive student: 3.6% (''4.7%'')

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★ Looking after home/family: 6.1% (''6.5%'')

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★ Permanently sick or disabled: 5.1% (''5.5%'')

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★ Other economically inactive: 2.6% (''3.1%'').

★ Crime levels (per 1000 population)

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★ Violence against the person: 5.7 (England and Wales: ''11.4'').

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★ Sexual offences: 0.2 (''0.7'').

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★ Robbery: 0.4 (''1.8'').

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★ Burglary from a dwelling: 7.2 (''7.6'').

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★ Theft of a motor vehicle: 2.4 (''6.4'').

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★ Theft from a motor vehicle: 7.8 (''11.9'').
(Crewe has the lowest crime rate and highest detection levels in Cheshire (2003 figures)).