Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Sutton Abinger is over 56.4, older than 98% of UK towns
Where 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Sutton Abinger has 2.9%. Census figures put one-person households at 19% in the village. Households in flats are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns. Its 134 households held 379 residents at the 2021 Census.
Above 95% of UK towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6%, Sutton Abinger is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns: 4%
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%.
In Sutton Abinger, 51% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.6% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Sutton Abinger comes in at 26%. For Sutton Abinger, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4.5%.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 75% of households
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
Here 4.4% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Sutton Abinger sits above 72% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9.5%)
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Sutton Abinger comes in at 98%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.2%) and in EU countries (3.4%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns: 56%
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: 90% of Sutton Abinger · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Locally, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
2 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers: 9.5%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 54% of Sutton Abinger’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 5.6% have no qualification (18%).
Sutton Abinger is older than every town around it
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 Abinger | 379 | — | 56.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 19% | 32% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 3.1 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 3.2 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 4.5 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Cranleigh | 10,430 | 4.6 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 26% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 4.6 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 4.7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Surrey’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Surrey (or England), summed the same way as Sutton Abinger’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 Abinger’s residents
What is the population of Sutton Abinger?
The 2021 Census counted 379 people in Sutton Abinger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton Abinger?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton Abinger?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton Abinger?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton Abinger good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton Abinger’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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