Sutton
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Comparisons
Compare Sutton's overall performance against other boroughs
Sutton is highlighted particularly in the relevant indicators listed on the right. In addition, data for all boroughs feature in the indicators below:
- Affordable housing delivered by borough
- Primary school availability by borough
- GP services by borough
- Childcare availability by borough
- Early years development by borough
- Child poverty by borough
- Landlord repossessions by borough
- Mortgage repossessions by borough
- Attainment at age 16
- Premature death by borough
Borough profile
The outer London borough of Sutton is one of the most southerly in the city and is bordered by Merton to the north, Croydon to the east, Surrey to the south and Kingston upon Thames to the west. The borough was formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District, previously part of Surrey. The principal town within the borough is the eponymous Sutton Town.
Like many other outer London suburbs, Sutton saw its most rapid population growth around the turn of the 20th century following the establishment of extensive suburban and inter-urban railway networks, before experiencing a slight decline from the 1960s to the 1980s. The most recent estimates put Sutton’s population at around 185,900 residents, which is relatively small for a London borough.
Sutton is more like the England average than the London average for ethnic diversity, with around 84% of its residents from “White-British” backgrounds. However, there is some variation across the borough, with Beddington South demonstrating a similar level of ethnic mix to the rest of London. Other areas that have higher numbers of BME groups than the borough average include Cheam, Sutton South and Belmont, all in the south of the borough. The two wards with the highest percentages of White British people are Wrythe (87.2%) and St Helier (87%).
Sutton tends to figure somewhere in the middle of many of our indicators - not especially deprived, but not as prosperous as places such as Richmond or Kingston. Even for low paid jobs, which tend to be more common in Outer London, Sutton is only just above the average for London.
LB Sutton website
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- Merton
- Newham
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- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
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