Sutton East

Sutton · London · population 8,136 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,472 of 6,856 in England
  • #160 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 24 in Sutton
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,146
Median age (est.)40
Density8,594per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above41%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 6%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 15%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 73%Asian 15%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 35% · Hindu 5%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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 East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,472 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 24 in Sutton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (84) and lowest on Living environment (31). Typical homes here sold for about £485,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 101 sales), 7% above the wider Sutton median of £455,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,863 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 66 · #2,342
Employment 75 · #1,691
Education 84 · #1,115
Health 81 · #1,273
Crime 60 · #2,726
Housing & access 68 · #2,185
Living environment 31 · #4,755

House prices ?

£485,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£485,000101-1.6%+14.9%
Detached£665,0008
Semi-detached£550,00035-2.5%+10.3%
Terraced£480,000330.0%+12.9%
Flat£280,00025-0.4%+1.8%
This area£485,000
Sutton£455,000
London£525,512
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)£56,863±£8,223 · #336 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,698
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 422 offences
Sutton63
London102
England83

Rank #2,256 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences185
Theft49
Burglary26
Vehicle crime59
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons37
Drugs23
Robbery5
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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