Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.04.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Here just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Households in detached houses account for 54%. 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,270 residents in 514 households.
Sutton Benger sits below 83% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 20% in Sutton Benger and 18% across England’s towns. Half of the village’s residents are over 47.8, older than in 73% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 73% of UK towns: 5.5%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Sutton Benger has 48% and 15%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. 9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6% in Sutton Benger. On households with dependent children, Sutton Benger sits higher than 75% of UK towns: 30%.
Sutton Benger ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.9%
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: 8.9% here and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Sutton Benger: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 88% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). At 5.1%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 63% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 85% of UK towns: 96%
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 Sutton Benger · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.1%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 23% in Sutton Benger, less 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
For 21 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
46% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Sutton Benger counts 46% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.3% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Sutton Benger: 2 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 Benger | 1,270 | — | 47.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Chippenham | 36,084 | 3.9 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 28% |
| Lyneham | 4,645 | 4.7 mi | 25.6 | 5% | 42% |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 4.8 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 33% |
| Malmesbury | 7,184 | 5.6 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Calne | 19,725 | 5.7 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 7.3 mi | 49 | 25% | 26% |
| Corsham | 10,887 | 7.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Wiltshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Wiltshire (or England), summed the same way as Sutton Benger’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 Benger’s residents
What is the population of Sutton Benger?
The 2021 Census counted 1,270 people in Sutton Benger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sutton Benger?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sutton Benger?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sutton Benger?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Sutton Benger good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sutton Benger’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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