Photo: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0Sutton is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.4
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Sutton’s population at 346, in 136 households. Census figures put unpaid carers at 12% locally. The share of households without a car or van is 5%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, a higher share than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The wider picture: 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 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% in Sutton, more than in 87% 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%.
The figure for full-time students is 4.7% in Sutton and 7.9% across England’s towns. Managerial and professional jobs account for 52% of the village’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 12%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 19%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Oxfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Sutton has 20%. Shared houses stand out: 5.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 96% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. Average household size: 2.6 people.
Sutton: 80% of households live in a detached house, above 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
With households in terraced houses at 5.1%, Sutton is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house.
Above 98% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.9%), then in Africa (2%). Higher than in 50% of UK towns: 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Only 35% of residents said they have no religion in Sutton
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: 93% of Sutton · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.6%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in 55% of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 66% in Sutton, more than in 99% 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
6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Sutton has fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 49% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 49% of adults in Sutton, 34% across England’s towns; 8.7% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Sutton: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 | 346 | — | 54.4 | 29% | 19% |
| Eynsham | 5,321 | 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Standlake | 1,185 | 2.5 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Chawley | 1,127 | 3.5 mi | 42.8 | 17% | 36% |
| Ducklington | 1,585 | 3.9 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Freeland | 1,520 | 4.2 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 24% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 4.4 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Witney | 30,167 | 4.5 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Oxfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Oxfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutton’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’s residents
What is the population of Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 346 people in Sutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton?
35% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton’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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