Borrowing estimates for Cheshire East, built from published survey rates and population figures.
281,000
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 281,000 adults in Cheshire East held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 83% of adults in the North West held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
213,000
Credit card holders
An estimated 213,000 adults in Cheshire East held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 63% of adults in the North West held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
81,100
Overdraft users
An estimated 81,100 adults in Cheshire East were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 24% of adults in the North West were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
87,900
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 87,900 adults in Cheshire East had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in the North West had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
77,700
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 77,700 adults in Cheshire East used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in the North West used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
26,400
High-cost credit users
An estimated 26,400 adults in Cheshire East held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 7.8% of adults in the North West held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
94,600
Low financial resilience
An estimated 94,600 adults in Cheshire East had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 28% of adults in the North West had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
33,800
In financial difficulty
An estimated 33,800 adults in Cheshire East were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 10% of adults in the North West were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 338,018 adults aged 18 and over in Cheshire East (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
352,437
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Cheshire East was 352,437 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.