Church of St Nicholas · Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 90% of UK towns: half of Sutton St Nicholas is over 51.2
Here 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. The 2021 Census put Sutton St Nicholas’s population at 962, in 423 households. In Sutton St Nicholas, just over three in five households live in a detached house. On households in terraced houses, Sutton St Nicholas sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.4%.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 9.7% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 3.8%, a lower share than 90% 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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (5.5%), Sutton St Nicholas is below 99% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Sutton St Nicholas sits below 94% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.4%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 25% of households have dependent children in Sutton St Nicholas. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.7%
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
Here 7.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 97% of UK towns: 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (0.5%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 84% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns: 61%
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 Sutton St Nicholas · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.3%). Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 85% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Sutton St Nicholas ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 21%
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 23. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 60%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 98% of UK towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.1%, from the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Sutton St Nicholas is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 St Nicholas | 962 | — | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 3.3 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 3.9 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 5.3 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 7.2 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 8.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 8.7 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 8.9 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 33% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutton St Nicholas’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 St Nicholas’s residents
What is the population of Sutton St Nicholas?
The 2021 Census counted 962 people in Sutton St Nicholas’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton St Nicholas?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton St Nicholas?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton St Nicholas?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton St Nicholas good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton St Nicholas’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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