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Walking, cycling and public transport carry 12% of commuters. 3,912 people call this town in Lincolnshire, East Midlands home.
The data are hard on it. Its weakest is jobs & income — mean household income £39,883; 4.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Prices are modest for what you get (B): the median home sold for £171,000, 3.9 years of area income. Overall, that makes a D, better than 5% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #54 of 61 in Lincolnshire. It lags on health as well (D) — men here can expect to live to 76.7, women to 82. Schools are weaker too: primary results beat 18% of towns in England.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Sutton Bridge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Sutton Bridge is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Sutton Bridge’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1920.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sutton Bridge.
Aged 15 to 24: 9.1% of residents. 23% of residents are 65 or over, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) and above England’s towns (18%). The middle age in Sutton Bridge is 43.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Sutton Bridge | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 16% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Below is its only school. At the one primary school within 3 km, 54% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one primary school teaches 204 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Bridge Westmere Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 204 | C |
Sutton Bridge has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3 miles away. Self-reported good health: three quarters of the town’s residents. 7.6% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (5.9%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Women here live to 82 on average and men to 76.7 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Sutton Bridge | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Police recorded 258 crimes inside Sutton Bridge’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 180 reports of anti-social behaviour. Homes saw 14.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (7.8) and England’s towns (9.4). For its size, Sutton Bridge records more crime per resident than 84% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 53% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
170 standard sales inside Sutton Bridge’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £171,000. Private rents average £775 a month across the South Holland council area. Social housing holds 16% of households, between Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £260,000 | 61 |
| Semi-detached | £178,000 | 42 |
| Terraced | £129,000 | 56 |
| Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 11% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The census counted 11% of workers working mainly from home. 86% of commuters drove, above Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. About nearly a tenth of its commuters stay in Sutton Bridge for work. There are 0.3 jobs in Sutton Bridge for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Sutton Bridge counts 8 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 2 Grade II*. Per 10,000 residents, Sutton Bridge counts 20 listed buildings, below Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
8 listed buildings in Sutton Bridge.
Cross Keys Bridge (Formerly Including Hydraulic Engine House): Photo: Madlyn · Public domain · Church of St Matthew: Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | — | D | B | C− | D |
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | 2.9 | D− | C+ | C | C− |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 3.3 | — | C | B+ | C− |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 4.7 | D− | D | C | C |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 5.3 | — | C | A+ | C |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 5.5 | — | C | C+ | C |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 6.2 | — | C+ | B | C |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 6.3 | — | C+ | C | C |
Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew, Sutton St James, Fleet Hargate, Tilney St Lawrence and Leverington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results trail 83% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £171,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £85,000, terraced houses £129,000, semi-detached houses £178,000 and detached houses £260,000.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Sutton Bridge is a built-up area of 3,912 people, in the South Holland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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