Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 0 min4:43 am – 9:43 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 31 min8:24 am – 3:55 pm
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People6,869 residentsin the Little Sutton East census areaMedian age 37.02,967 households48% of homes owner-occupied22% owned outright36% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.6% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,037 in work, 18% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 65% go by car, 6% take public transport, 11% walk or cycle69% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher22% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C748 mm of rain a year, 16 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October30 days of air frost, 9 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksPlymyard Daledale · 2.5 miRaby Merelake · 3.6 miChurch Woodwoodland · under a mileClayhill Woodwoodland · under a mileShotwick Daledale · 3.1 miThe Merelake · 4.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesRivacre Valley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 35 haMunicipal Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 44 haAtherton Road Community Gardenpark · 1.1 miWhitby Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 20 haJacks Gymsports ground · under a mileLuton Road Playing Fieldsplaying field · 1.2 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes178 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197017 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197618 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202525 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 8.5 · PM2.5 6.1 · PM10 9.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,109 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation35 m115 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 9 to 45 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalAfg Meadow Park Hospitalunder a mileGP surgeryGreat Sutton Medical Centre11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyLittle Sutton Pharmacy9 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistSutton Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi23 schools18 primary, 2 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimarySutton Green Primary Schoolages 4-11, 306 pupilsunder a milePrimaryRossmore Schoolages 3-11, 192 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryEllesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academyages 11-18, 950 pupils1.6 miCollegeWirral Metropolitan College8.1 miUniversityUniversity of Chester6.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL5.2 miRailway stationLittle Suttonunder a mileBus stationEllesmere Port Bus Interchange1.8 miFerryWoodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal8.1 miBus stops91 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the L66 postcode district.
