Photo: Margaret Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 6.1%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Hutton. The village had 2,140 residents in 905 households at the 2021 Census. Across Hutton, 69% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 58% here, more than in 96% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Hutton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Hutton’s residents are under 50.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 50.4: Hutton is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. On the census count, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
A higher share of full-time students than 77% of UK towns, at 5.6%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hutton has 43% and 16%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Hutton, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 85% of UK towns: 25%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.8% in Hutton. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.4 people each. Fewer households with dependent children than in 57% of UK towns: 27%.
Households in flats make up 5.1% in Hutton, less than in 83% of UK towns
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: 39% here and 21% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Hutton, more than in 95% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) or in EU countries (1.1%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Residents with no religion: 24%, a lower share than 98% 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: 93% of Hutton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Mixed or multiple (2.2%), Other White (1.6%) and Indian (1%). 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 61% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 95% 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
The share of unpaid carers is 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 62.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Hutton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Hutton, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton | 2,140 | — | 50.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Longton | 10,912 | 1 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 25% |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 1.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 2.8 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 3.2 mi | 44.9 | 19% | 23% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 3.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Preston | 94,502 | 3.7 mi | 33.1 | 11% | 31% |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 3.7 mi | 39.2 | 8.4% | 30% |
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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.
- “Lancashire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lancashire (or England), summed the same way as Hutton’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 Hutton’s residents
What is the population of Hutton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,140 people in Hutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hutton?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hutton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hutton?
24% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Hutton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hutton’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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