Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0Bishop's Sutton is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.5
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Bishop's Sutton, 4.9%. At the 2021 Census, 415 people lived here, in 183 households. Households with dependent children: 21% of the total. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 92% of UK towns.
Bishop's Sutton: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Across Bishop's Sutton, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Below 93% of UK towns: 3.6% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (9.5%), Bishop's Sutton is above nearly two thirds of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 24% in Bishop's Sutton, less than in 92% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 68% of UK towns: 2.7%. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Below 98% of UK towns: 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
In Bishop's Sutton, 15% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Locally, 50% of households live in a detached house.
Bishop's Sutton ranks above 63% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 98%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Bishop's Sutton has more residents born outside the UK than 52% of UK towns, at 6.5%. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
29% of residents said they have no religion, below 94% 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: 96% of Bishop's Sutton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62% here and 46% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.2%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Bishop's Sutton has fewer unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns, at 7.3%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 48% of adults in Bishop's Sutton, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Bishop's 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Sutton | 415 | — | 54.5 | 32% | 21% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 1.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Kings Worthy | 4,631 | 7.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 8.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 8.5 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 8.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 8.9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Bishop's 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 Bishop's Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Bishop's Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 415 people in Bishop's Sutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bishop's Sutton?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bishop's Sutton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bishop's Sutton?
29% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Bishop's Sutton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bishop's 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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