Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.1: Chart Sutton is older than 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Chart Sutton, 7.1%. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children. Census day 2021: 481 residents and 208 households locally. For Chart Sutton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 4.3%.
Fewer young people than 98% of UK towns: 7.3% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Only 2.2% of adults are full-time students in Chart Sutton
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Fewer one-person households than 80% of UK towns: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
More detached houses than 86% of UK towns: 46% of households
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
6.6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Chart Sutton, more than in 64% 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
Born outside the UK: 5.8% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in Africa (1.5%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Chart Sutton sits above 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)
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: 94% of Chart Sutton · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people. Chart Sutton has fewer adults who have never married than 85% of UK towns, at 27%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Chart Sutton has 11%.
29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Chart Sutton, 29%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Chart Sutton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chart Sutton | 481 | — | 52.1 | 28% | 20% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 1.1 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 2.6 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 3 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 3.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 3.7 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 4.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 4.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Kent’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Kent (or England), summed the same way as Chart 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 Chart Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Chart Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 481 people in Chart Sutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chart Sutton?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chart Sutton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chart Sutton?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Chart Sutton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chart 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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