Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 79% of UK towns, at 5.8%
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Sutton Bridge comes in at 33%. At the 2021 Census, 3,912 people lived locally, in 1,726 households. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1% in Sutton Bridge, less than in 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Sutton Bridge, 23% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. The median age here is 43.7, lower than in 56% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Sutton Bridge, 43.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Below 92% of UK towns: 3.7% of adults are full-time students
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: 9.6%, above nearly two thirds of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Sutton Bridge sits above 78% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (3.1%)
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.
26% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Above 63% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a detached house
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
A quarter of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 15%.
93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 84% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 14% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. For Sutton Bridge, the census puts residents born outside the UK at 8.3%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90% in Sutton Bridge, less than in 63% 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: 90% of Sutton Bridge · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (7.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.2%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 39% here, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 42% in Sutton Bridge, less than in 84% 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
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
16% 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, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Sutton Bridge, 29%, while 16% hold one at degree level (34%).
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 146th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Sutton Bridge in age: Holsworthy (43.6), Coxhoe (43.7), Lingfield (43.7) and Woburn Sands (43.8).
Every nearby town is older than Sutton Bridge
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 Bridge | 3,912 | — | 43.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | 2.9 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 3.3 mi | 46.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Terrington St Clement | 2,792 | 4.7 mi | 47.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 5.3 mi | 47.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 5.5 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 17% |
| Tilney St Lawrence | 1,504 | 6.2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 24% |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 6.3 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 25% |
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 Sutton Bridge’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 Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Sutton Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 3,912 people in Sutton Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton Bridge?
The median age was 43.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 56% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton Bridge?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 8.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton Bridge?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton Bridge good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton Bridge’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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