Sutton South West

Sutton · London · population 9,070 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,492 of 6,856 in England
  • #164 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 24 in Sutton
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,997
Median age (est.)39
Density8,816per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above49%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 7%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 8%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 21%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 64%Asian 21%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 30% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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 South West is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 24 in Sutton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (86) and lowest on Living environment (39). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 115 sales), 30% below the wider Sutton median of £455,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,243 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 58 · #2,857
Employment 72 · #1,883
Education 86 · #971
Health 82 · #1,239
Crime 64 · #2,445
Housing & access 62 · #2,610
Living environment 39 · #4,207

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,000115-3.0%-5.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£584,7508-26.9%-7.2%
Terraced£454,0509-9.2%+9.1%
Flat£310,00095-1.6%-1.6%
This area£320,000
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)£53,243±£7,533 · #643 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,592
Price-to-income ?6.0×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 637 offences
Sutton63
London102
England83

Rank #3,543 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences240
Theft123
Burglary51
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons55
Drugs61
Robbery14
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 202 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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