Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.07.9% of households have no car or van, below 92% of UK towns
The figure for households in detached houses is 44% in Sutton and 21% across England’s towns. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone. At 54%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 85% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 3,880 residents locally, living in 1,615 households.
Slower growth than 68% of UK towns: Sutton changed by +4% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Sutton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,000 people in 2011; 4,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+32%) and the 16 to 29 least (−10%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2012: 70 more people.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of UK towns, at 9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 7.7% of residents. With a median age of 42.7, Sutton is younger than 64% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Sutton has 20%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Sutton, 42.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 75% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.4%, below 57% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 77% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.7%, above 65% of UK towns. On households with dependent children, Sutton sits higher than 72% of UK towns: 30%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 90% of UK towns: 3.5%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in terraced houses trails just over two thirds of UK towns: 16%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 67% of UK towns: 8.5% in Sutton
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (2%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 97% here, fewer than in 58% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 12% (England’s towns: 21%).
Residents with no religion: 46%, a higher share than 82% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 91% of Sutton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Sutton has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 75% of UK towns, at 46%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (0.7%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 71% of UK towns, at 29%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 95 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
32% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Sutton, 14%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
115th lowest median age among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Sutton in age: Mulbarton (42.7), Lakenheath (42.7), Mickletown (42.8) and Stanton Hill and Skegby (42.8).
The towns around Sutton are all older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cambridgeshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cambridgeshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Sutton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,027 people in 2021, against 3,880 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 3,880 people in Sutton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,100 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Sutton?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 64% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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