Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 6.3% of households in Sutton Valence have no car or van
The share of one-person households trails 96% of UK towns: 21%. Lower than in four fifths of UK towns: 5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. Sutton Valence had 1,457 residents in 527 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Sutton Valence: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (21%), Sutton Valence is below 54% of UK towns. Meanwhile, the median age locally is 45.8, higher than in 60% of UK towns.
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.
A larger share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 7.1%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 12% in Sutton Valence. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Sutton Valence households average 2.5 people, larger than in 89% of UK towns
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3%, above 77% of UK towns. What’s more, at 28%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 53% of UK towns.
A village of detached houses: 42% of households live in one
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
Across Sutton Valence, 21% of households live in a terraced house.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns: 8.8%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 97% in Sutton Valence. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 59% of UK towns: 42%
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: 90% of Sutton Valence · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.4%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Sutton Valence sits lower than just over half of UK towns: 50%.
Fewer unpaid carers than 87% of UK towns: 7.8%
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
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Sutton Valence sits lower than 66% of UK towns: 46%. Typically, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 30.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Sutton Valence’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many still at university: 15% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Older than Sutton Valence: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 Valence | 1,457 | — | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 1.9 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 3.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 3.9 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 4.5 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 4.8 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Sutton Valence’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 Valence’s residents
What is the population of Sutton Valence?
The 2021 Census counted 1,457 people in Sutton Valence’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton Valence?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton Valence?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton Valence?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton Valence good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton Valence’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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