Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.2%
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Sutterton comes in at 6.6%. In 2021, the Census found 1,068 residents here, living in 465 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 32% in the village. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 22% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Sutterton’s people
Many older residents
30% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 90% of UK towns; 18% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Many carers
140 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 14% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Sutterton ranks above 90% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 8.2% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9% in Sutterton. Half of the village’s residents are over 49.5, older than in 83% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Sutterton ranks below 84% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 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%.
In Sutterton, 25% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Across Sutterton, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Sutterton
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lincolnshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Sutterton, 1.7%. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
57% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% 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
Here 14% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 59% of UK towns, at 97%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Sutterton has 6.2%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns, at 63%
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 Sutterton · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, above 71% of UK towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14%
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
Some 53 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Married adults and civil partners: 55% here and 44% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 18% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Sutterton’s adults: 18% with a degree-level qualification and 28% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Sutterton is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Lincolnshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lincolnshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutterton’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 Sutterton’s residents
What is the population of Sutterton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,068 people in Sutterton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutterton?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutterton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutterton?
32% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Sutterton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutterton’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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