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Sutton population

187,600people · latest estimate

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Sutton has a population of 187,600, making it the 8th largest place in Greater London.

#8
of 255 in Greater London

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Sutton population trends, 2001–2024.

Sutton in context

17 km
north to City of Westminster, the nearest larger town
1,268,407
people live within 10 km
#43
largest of 6,358 UK places
559
food businesses in Sutton
Sutton in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Sutton sits in postcode district SM2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Sutton, the billing authority covering Sutton, is £2,379 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Sutton?
The populated place itself holds 187,600 residents. The wider Sutton council area recorded 214,525 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Sutton, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district SM2
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Bexley228,000
2Barking218,534
3Archway215,667
4Croydon173,314
5Ilford168,168
6Enfield Town156,858

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