Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
The figure for one-person households is 35% in Sutton Scotney and 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 949 people lived in the village, in 427 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.2% here. On adults who have never married, Sutton Scotney sits lower than 73% of UK towns: 29%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 7.4% of residents. With a median age of 45.8, Sutton Scotney is older than three fifths of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Sutton Scotney
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Sutton Scotney has 45% and 18%. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Households with dependent children make up 28%, against 29% across England’s towns.
Sutton Scotney sits above 80% of UK towns for households in flats (19%)
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
Households in detached houses make up 24%, against 21% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house in Sutton Scotney. At 13%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 63% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 9.9% in Sutton Scotney, more than in 73% of UK towns
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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Sutton Scotney has 98%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.6%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 60% 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: 92% of Sutton Scotney · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.6%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Set against 46% across England’s towns, half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Sutton Scotney.
8.1% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 81% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 19 residents. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners is 48%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 42% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
42% of Sutton Scotney’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Sutton Scotney
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Scotney | 949 | — | 45.8 | 26% | 28% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 2.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Kings Worthy | 4,631 | 4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Littleton | 1,506 | 4.6 mi | 35 | 19% | 26% |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 5.4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 6.1 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | 6.6 mi | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| Overton | 4,350 | 7 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 27% |
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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 Sutton Scotney’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 Sutton Scotney’s residents
What is the population of Sutton Scotney?
The 2021 Census counted 949 people in Sutton Scotney’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton Scotney?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton Scotney?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton Scotney?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton Scotney good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton Scotney’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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