SM1 postcode area · Sutton

The SM1 postcode district spans 12 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Sutton. Area Scores range from 26 to 98 across them. Every full SM1 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the SM1 district: Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road scores 99 out of 100 (#94 of 6,856 nationally) while St Helier South sits at 26 — neighbours on the map, 72 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 9 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £313,750 in Sutton Central to £805,000 in Carshalton Beeches & Banstead Road — a 2.6× gap within the SM1 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£53,990a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates

Recorded crime68per 1,000 residents, 12m

Median age (est.)39

Owner-occupied66%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the SM1 district

£450,000median home sold over the past year · +11.3% over 5 years · +1.7% over the year · 474 sales

Detached£640,000

Semi-detached£590,000

Terraced£473,200

Flat£285,000

Sutton£455,000

London£525,512

England£300,000

Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →

Neighbourhood	Nat. rank	Area score	Median price
Carshalton Beeches & Banstead RoadSutton	94	99	£805,000
Cheam High StreetSutton	444	94	£625,000
North Cheam EastSutton	581	92	£535,000
StonecotSutton	1,054	85	£555,000
Sutton NorthSutton	1,232	82	£530,000
Sutton EastSutton	1,472	78	£485,000
Sutton South WestSutton	1,492	78	£320,000
Carshalton VillageSutton	1,595	77	£520,000
Sutton WestSutton	2,226	68	£459,500
The WrytheSutton	3,693	46	£450,000
Sutton CentralSutton	3,713	46	£313,750
St Helier SouthSutton	5,036	26	£415,500

People living in SM1 Census 2021

Residents102,371

Median age (est.)39

Density6,127per km²

No qualifications15%

Degree or above40%

No car or van23%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 22%

Households

One person 26%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups

Professional	24%
Managers & directors	14%
Associate professional	14%
Administrative	11%
Skilled trades	10%
Caring & leisure	9%
Elementary	8%
Sales & customer service	7%
Process & plant	5%

Ethnic group

White 69%Asian 17%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 32% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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.

Towns & places in SM1

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SM1 district.

Carshalton North Cheam Sutton Sutton South

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SM1.

SM3 SM5 SM2 SM4 SM6 KT4 CR44 KT17

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.