Sutton-on-Sea

East Lindsey · East Midlands · population 6,260 · 3 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,701 of 6,856 in England
  • #493 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 18 in East Lindsey
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,239
Median age (est.)65
Density408per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above17%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 5%25–44 9%45–64 28%65+ 50%

Tenure

Own outright: 65%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 65%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 6%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 6%Other: 30%
One person 33%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 6%Other 30%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors13%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Professional8%
Associate professional7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 30% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Sutton-on-Sea is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,701 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 18 in East Lindsey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (76) but weak on Employment (7). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 118 sales), 5% above the wider East Lindsey median of £218,498. Typical household take-home income is around £25,903 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 39 · #4,207
Employment 7 · #6,401
Education 11 · #6,078
Health 10 · #6,147
Crime 60 · #2,767
Housing & access 18 · #5,619
Living environment 76 · #1,678

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000118+2.4%+27.8%
Detached£255,75086+2.8%+34.6%
Semi-detached£170,00021-8.1%+21.4%
Terraced£150,0007+21.0%+20.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£230,000
East Lindsey£218,498
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£25,903±£4,204 · #6,806 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,831
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 253 offences
East Lindsey72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,282 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences139
Theft28
Burglary14
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons15
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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