Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.2%
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 55% in Sutton St James. The village has more households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 63%. At the 2021 Census, 1,027 people lived in the village, in 427 households. On the census count, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Sutton St James’s people
Many carers
112 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 95% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 73% of UK towns: half of Sutton St James is over 47.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Sutton St James has 9.6%. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
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%.
By class, a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Locally, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 79% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
In Sutton St James, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. For Sutton St James, the census puts households with dependent children at 28%.
2.8% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 5.9% in Sutton St James and 24% across England’s towns.
Sutton St James ranks below 73% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 4.4%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.
Above 90% of UK towns: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 95% of Sutton St James · Lincolnshire’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 95% in Sutton St James. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.6%), Indian (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%).
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Sutton St James, more than in 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
39 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 67% of UK towns.
Among adults, 17% 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 St James, 25%, while 17% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Sutton St James, 4 are older
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 St James | 1,027 | — | 47.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | 3.7 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 20% |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 4 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 17% |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 4.2 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Holbeach | 8,757 | 4.6 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 5 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | 5.3 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Whaplode | 1,106 | 5.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 20% |
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 St James’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 St James’s residents
What is the population of Sutton St James?
The 2021 Census counted 1,027 people in Sutton St James’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton St James?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton St James?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Lincolnshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton St James?
38% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton St James good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton St James’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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