Sutton

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Sutton. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Sutton, not our estimates.

• 1,999 births and 1,468 deaths: natural change added 531 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 579.
• International migration (net) added 356 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 8.
• Altogether the population grew by 300 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Sutton: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Sutton’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Sutton moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Liberal Democrat (2026) — Liberal Democrat 51, Reform UK 2, Labour 1, Other and independent 1 of 55 seats.

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Sutton’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

16,503 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 77.1 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Sutton’s 123 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Sutton 019C (rank 2,364), Sutton 019A (rank 4,409), Sutton 021A (rank 4,507). Least deprived: Sutton 022D (rank 33,513), Sutton 022A (rank 33,449), Sutton 025D (rank 33,356).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£44,393 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 4.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£42,865 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£48,054 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · up 27.3% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 202628 people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20260 households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,999 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026190,146 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026209,639 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · down 0.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20264,735 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263.5%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · up 7.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£452.3m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · up 138.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£22.3m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 3.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£28m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 7.7% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£9.6m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 6.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£404.4m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,379 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,468 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202586,270 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,436 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510.4% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,623 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 4.4 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20260.4%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£446,775
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261,099 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026202 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202513.9 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250.8% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202518.4% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-579 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,156 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026356 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,800 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026531 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-8 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025214,525 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · up 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20262%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 2.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,553 a month
• People resettled in each council area2019 Q2 · unchanged 0.0% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 20265 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026789 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · down 0.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£852 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Sutton; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Sutton, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 15,1112012→12,6232024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Sutton, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 15,111 in 2012 to 12,623 in 2024, a change of 2,488 or 16.5% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  12,623 in 2024 − 15,111 in 2012 = −2,488, which is 16.5% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 12,623.09 and 15,111.27, and 12,623.09 − 15,111.27 = 2,488.18.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 15,111 in 2012 to 12,623 in 2024, a change of 2,488 or 16.5% (DESNZ).

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• 4,2542012→3,4362024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Sutton, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,254 in 2012 to 3,436 in 2024, a change of 818 or 19.2% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,436 in 2024 − 4,254 in 2012 = −818, which is 19.2% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,436.08 and 4,254.00, and 3,436.08 − 4,254.00 = 817.92.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 4,254 in 2012 to 3,436 in 2024, a change of 818 or 19.2% (DESNZ).

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• £1,761Year ending March 2021→£2,379Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Sutton, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,761 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,379 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £618 or 35.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,379 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,761 in the year ending March 2021 = £618, which is 35.1% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,378.64 and 1,760.69, and 2,378.64 − 1,760.69 = 617.95.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Sutton, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,761 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,379 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £618 or 35.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £29,9942008→£44,3932025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Sutton, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,994 in 2008 to £44,393 in 2025, a change of £14,399 or 48.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £44,393 in 2025 − £29,994 in 2008 = £14,399, which is 48.0% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Sutton, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,994 in 2008 to £44,393 in 2025, a change of £14,399 or 48.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5662008→£8522025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Sutton, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £566 in 2008 to £852 in 2025, a change of £286 or 50.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £852 in 2025 − £566 in 2008 = £286, which is 50.5% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 852.00 and 566.10, and 852.00 − 566.10 = 285.90.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Sutton, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £566 in 2008 to £852 in 2025, a change of £286 or 50.5%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 896Year to mid-2012→-579Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Sutton, net internal migration by local authority fell from 896 in Year to mid-2012 to -579 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,475 or 164.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -579 in Year to mid-2025 − 896 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,475, which is 164.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, net internal migration by local authority fell from 896 in Year to mid-2012 to -579 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,475 or 164.6% (ONS).

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• 1,709Year to mid-2012→2,156Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Sutton, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,709 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,156 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 447 or 26.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,156 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,709 in Year to mid-2012 = 447, which is 26.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,709 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,156 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 447 or 26.2% (ONS).

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• 1,368Year to mid-2012→1,800Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Sutton, international migration out of a local authority rose from 1,368 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,800 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 432 or 31.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,800 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,368 in Year to mid-2012 = 432, which is 31.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, international migration out of a local authority rose from 1,368 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,800 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 432 or 31.6% (ONS).

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• 341Year to mid-2012→356Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Sutton, net international migration by local authority rose from 341 in Year to mid-2012 to 356 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 15 or 4.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  356 in Year to mid-2025 − 341 in Year to mid-2012 = 15, which is 4.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, net international migration by local authority rose from 341 in Year to mid-2012 to 356 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 15 or 4.4% (ONS).

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• 2,835Year to mid-2012→1,999Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Sutton, births by local authority fell from 2,835 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,999 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 836 or 29.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,999 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,835 in Year to mid-2012 = −836, which is 29.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, births by local authority fell from 2,835 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,999 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 836 or 29.5% (ONS).

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• 1,360Year to mid-2012→1,468Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Sutton, deaths by local authority rose from 1,360 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,468 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 108 or 7.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,468 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,360 in Year to mid-2012 = 108, which is 7.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, deaths by local authority rose from 1,360 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,468 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 108 or 7.9% (ONS).

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• 1,475Year to mid-2012→531Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Sutton, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 1,475 in Year to mid-2012 to 531 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 944 or 64.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  531 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,475 in Year to mid-2012 = −944, which is 64.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 1,475 in Year to mid-2012 to 531 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 944 or 64.0% (ONS).

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• 147Year to mid-2012→-8Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Sutton, other population change by local authority fell from 147 in Year to mid-2012 to -8 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 155 or 105.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -8 in Year to mid-2025 − 147 in Year to mid-2012 = −155, which is 105.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Sutton, other population change by local authority fell from 147 in Year to mid-2012 to -8 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 155 or 105.4% (ONS).

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• £64.9m2010 Q1→£452.3m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Sutton, outstanding council borrowing rose from £64.9m in 2010 Q1 to £452.3m in 2026 Q2, a change of £387.4m or 596.7%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £452.3m in 2026 Q2 − £64.9m in 2010 Q1 = £387.4m, which is 596.7% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 452.33 and 64.93, and 452.33 − 64.93 = 387.40.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Sutton, outstanding council borrowing rose from £64.9m in 2010 Q1 to £452.3m in 2026 Q2, a change of £387.4m or 596.7%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Sutton with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Sutton and Birmingham
• Sutton and Leeds
• Sutton and North Yorkshire
• Sutton and Somerset
• Sutton and Cornwall
• Sutton and Buckinghamshire

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Sutton said then and says now, with the periods named. Sutton since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Sutton are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.