Photo: Helen Allington · CC BY-SA 2.0Stutton is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.9
Households with dependent children make up 17%, against 29% across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 0.7%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Stutton’s population at 581, in 291 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 38% in Stutton, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 97% of UK towns: 7.4%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Stutton, 4.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 81% 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%.
Here 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
More one-person households than 94% of UK towns: 37%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 6.3% of households live in a terraced house in Stutton
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
16% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Locally, 56% of households live in a detached house. Households in flats are more common here than in 63% of UK towns.
Below 90% of UK towns: 3.1% of residents were born outside the UK
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Stutton and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 59%
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: 96% of Stutton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (0.5%) and Indian (0.3%). Fewer residents with no religion than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns: 24%
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
Married people and civil partners make up 52% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 65% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Stutton, 33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Stutton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stutton | 581 | — | 58.9 | 38% | 17% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 1.4 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Mistley | 1,827 | 2.7 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 22% |
| Brantham | 2,081 | 2.9 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Bradfield | 1,254 | 3.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Manningtree | 1,676 | 3.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 15% |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Stutton’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 Stutton’s residents
What is the population of Stutton?
The 2021 Census counted 581 people in Stutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stutton?
The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stutton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stutton?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Stutton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stutton’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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