Photo: Dennis Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Guilden Sutton is over 51.7
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 63% in Guilden Sutton. The share of residents with no religion stands at 32%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,462 residents in the village, living in 604 households.
What the Census says about Guilden Sutton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Guilden Sutton’s residents are under 51.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 91% of UK towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Guilden Sutton comes in at 9.9%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.2% in Guilden Sutton, less than in 81% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 6.1% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 93% of UK towns: 23%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of households with dependent children trails 57% of UK towns: 27%. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7% in Guilden Sutton.
In Guilden Sutton, 7.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
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
5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 9.2% in Guilden Sutton. Every 14th household or so has no car or van.
Guilden Sutton ranks above 90% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 61% of UK towns.
Guilden Sutton sits above 95% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (60%)
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: 93% of Guilden Sutton · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (1.2%). Guilden Sutton has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 59% of UK towns, at 93%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
Guilden Sutton sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (61%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 29. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in three fifths of UK towns.
52% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.4% of Guilden Sutton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 52% have one at degree level (34%). Many of the 13% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Every neighbour of Guilden Sutton has a younger population
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | — | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | 1.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 1.8 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 29% |
| Chester | 92,756 | 2.7 mi | 40 | 19% | 25% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 2.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Moston | 1,099 | 2.9 mi | 26.8 | 3.2% | 55% |
| Elton | 3,293 | 4.6 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 4.9 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Guilden Sutton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- 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 Guilden Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Guilden Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,462 people in Guilden Sutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Guilden Sutton?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Guilden Sutton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Guilden Sutton?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Guilden Sutton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Guilden 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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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