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906 people live in this village in Cheshire, North West.
Sutton Lane Ends has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures on this page are still real. Pre-1919 homes make up 37% of the housing. People aged 65 and over make up 36% of residents. The median home sold for £457,500.
The 3 things Sutton Lane Ends does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Sutton Lane Ends’ built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sutton Lane Ends.
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.4%, lower than both Cheshire’s towns (10%) and England’s towns (12%). Over-65s are 36% of the population. Residents of Sutton Lane Ends have a median age of 57.6. Just over two in five adults hold a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Sutton Lane Ends | Cheshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 36% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 34% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cheshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The one school in town appears below. At the 8 primary schools within 3 km, 55% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one primary school teaches 248 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollinhey Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 248 | D |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.6 jobs in Sutton Lane Ends for each resident in work. The car took four in five commuters, about level with Cheshire’s towns (80%) and above England’s towns (70%). Among 16 to 64s, 1.7% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. Work in town: 4% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Social housing holds just over one in ten households, lower than both Cheshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 79%. Private rents average £985 a month across the Cheshire East council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £491,500 | 26 |
| Semi-detached | £400,500 | 6 |
| Terraced | £327,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Sutton Lane Ends logged 25 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 1 complaints of anti-social conduct. Burglary and damage came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below Cheshire’s towns (5.7) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. Violence and sexual offences made up 52% of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
At the census, a fifth of people here had a disability, above both Cheshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). Seeing a GP means leaving Sutton Lane Ends: the nearest practice is 1.6 miles away. The nearest A&E to Sutton Lane Ends is Macclesfield District General Hospital, 2.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Sutton Lane Ends | Cheshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover 100% of Sutton Lane Ends’ land, about level with Cheshire’s towns (100%) and above England’s towns (7%). This Cheshire town has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Sutton Lane Ends. Best known first.
Historic houseSutton Hall, Sutton Lane Endsin town
Historic houseGawsworth Old Hall3.4 km outside town, to the west
MuseumParadise Mill1.8 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumWest Park Museum2.9 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumMacclesfield Silk Museum1.8 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Lane Ends | 906 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Macclesfield | 54,352 | 1.9 | B− | B | C− | C |
| Bollington | 7,236 | 4.1 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Prestbury | 2,629 | 4.1 | A− | C− | A− | A+ |
| Congleton | 30,001 | 6.6 | C | B− | C− | C+ |
| Alderley Edge | 4,496 | 6.9 | A | C− | C+ | A |
| Woodford | 2,241 | 7.5 | — | D− | — | A+ |
| Chelford | 1,377 | 7.6 | — | C− | A+ | A |
Woodford and Chelford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Woodford has no Safety Grade: Greater Manchester Police doesn’t publish to police.uk. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
3 on Historic England’s list, 1 of them Grade II*. That is 1.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
By type: terraced houses £327,500, semi-detached houses £400,500 and detached houses £491,500.
Village in Cheshire, England
Sutton Lane Ends is a built-up area of 906 people, in the Cheshire East council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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