Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4% of households in Sutton-on-the-Forest have no car or van
Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Sutton-on-the-Forest, 61%. For Sutton-on-the-Forest, the census puts one-person households at 20%. Half of the village’s residents are over 49.9, older than in 84% of UK towns. The village counted 612 residents and 252 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 28% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of UK towns: 12%
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%.
46% of Sutton-on-the-Forest’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Sutton-on-the-Forest, the census puts full-time students at 4.7%.
Sutton-on-the-Forest households average 2.4 people, larger than in 82% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Sutton-on-the-Forest comes in at 3.2%. What’s more, 30% of households have dependent children, more than in 73% of UK towns.
Households in flats make up 0.8% in Sutton-on-the-Forest, less 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
63% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 75% of UK towns: 14%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 81% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1.5%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born outside the UK: 6.7% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, a higher share than 92% 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: 94% of Sutton-on-the-Forest · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). At 33%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 88% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 22%
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
Sutton-on-the-Forest sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 7.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. The wider picture: 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 11.
A degree-level qualification for 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 55% of Sutton-on-the-Forest’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Sutton-on-the-Forest 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-on-the-Forest | 612 | — | 49.9 | 28% | 30% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 1.2 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 3.9 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 4.1 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 4.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 4.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 5.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 6.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “North Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in North Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutton-on-the-Forest’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-on-the-Forest’s residents
What is the population of Sutton-on-the-Forest?
The 2021 Census counted 612 people in Sutton-on-the-Forest’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton-on-the-Forest?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton-on-the-Forest?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton-on-the-Forest good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton-on-the-Forest’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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