List of settlements in Cheshire by population

See also: Cheshire § Settlements

This is a list of settlements in Cheshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021. In 2011, there were 25 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Cheshire, shown in the table below.

Warrington

Chester

Crewe

Ellesmere Port

Runcorn

Widnes

Macclesfield

Winsford

Wilmslow

Northwich

Sandbach

Notable places in Cheshire
District centres in yellow.

Population ranking

#	Settlement	Council area	Population[1][2][3][4][5]
			2001	2011	2021
1	Warrington	Warrington	157,860	165,456	174,954
2	Chester	Cheshire West and Chester	81,650	86,011	92,742
3	Crewe	Cheshire East	67,760	71,722	74,123
4	Runcorn	Halton	60,320	61,789	61,635
5	Widnes	Halton	55,680	61,464	59,939
6	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire West and Chester	62,510	61,090	65,421
7	Macclesfield	Cheshire East	54,440	56,581	54,340
8	Northwich	Cheshire West and Chester	42,820	45,471	50,531
9	Winsford	Cheshire West and Chester	29,440	30,259	35,000
10	Wilmslow	Cheshire East	34,090	35,945	26,000
11	Congleton	Cheshire East	25,510	26,178
12	Sandbach	Cheshire East	17,630	17,976
13	Nantwich	Cheshire East	13,450	17,226
14	Poynton	Cheshire East	15,442	15,282
15	Neston	Cheshire West and Chester	15,018	15,064
16	Middlewich	Cheshire East	13,100	13,595
17	Alsager	Cheshire East	14,178	13,347
18	Knutsford	Cheshire East	12,656	13,191
19	Lymm	Warrington	9,830	11,608
20	Frodsham	Cheshire West and Chester	8,908	9,032
21	Bollington	Cheshire East	6,880	7,373
22	Culcheth	Warrington	6,730	6,708
23	Weaverham	Cheshire West and Chester	6,293	6,087
24	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	5,669	5,605
25	Helsby	Cheshire West and Chester	4,911	5,166
26	Haslington	Cheshire East	5,075	4,855

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Civil parishes in Cheshire
• List of places in Cheshire
• List of towns and cities in England by population