Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Long Sutton is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, nearly three in five households live in a detached house here. Fewer households in flats than in 99% of UK towns: 0.4%. At the 2021 Census, 500 people lived in Long Sutton, in 229 households. Married adults and civil partners: 60% of the total.
Long Sutton ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% of the total. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students make up 3.2% in Long Sutton, less than in 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Long Sutton has 7.2%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
19% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households make up 27%, against 30% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households here average 2.2 people each. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6% here, more than in 63% of UK towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 5.7% of households have no car or van
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
Households in terraced houses: 10% here and 24% across England’s towns. In one household in 18 there is no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Long Sutton, more than in 92% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents born outside the UK tops 64% of UK towns: 8%. Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.6%), then in Africa (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Long Sutton, more than in 91% 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: 95% of Long Sutton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 36% here, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% 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
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
39% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 39% of adults in Long Sutton, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Long Sutton are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sutton | 500 | — | 56 | 36% | 19% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 2.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 2.9 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 3.6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 3.6 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.9 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 4.9 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 5.7 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Somerset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Somerset (or England), summed the same way as Long 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 Long Sutton’s residents
What is the population of Long Sutton?
The 2021 Census counted 500 people in Long Sutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Long Sutton?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Sutton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Sutton?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Long Sutton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long 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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