Electoral wardE05013758
Cheam ward, London Borough of Sutton
Cheam is one of 20 electoral wards of Sutton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,810 residents in 4,086 households — 2,750 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sutton and Cheam constituency.
Residents, 202110,810council ward average 10,482
Households4,0862.65 residents per household
Density2,750/ km²about 3.93 km² · London Borough of Sutton 4,781
Aged 65+22.0%London Borough of Sutton: 15.1% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 508
5–95.9% · 635
10–157.9% · 851
16–194.5% · 492
20–244.8% · 519
25–349.8% · 1,063
35–4919.8% · 2,140
50–6420.6% · 2,228
65–7410.8% · 1,168
75–847.6% · 822
85+3.6% · 389
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.6% · 638
1 car or van40.9% · 1,673
2 cars or vans29.9% · 1,221
3 or more13.6% · 554
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Sutton overall: 64.4% owned, 14.2% social rented, 20.3% private rented.
Owned outright41.8% · 1,707
With mortgage37.1% · 1,517
Shared ownership0.4% · 16
Social rented3.9% · 159
Private rented16.8% · 685
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.0% · 1,513
Semi-detached house21.8% · 891
Terraced house17.7% · 724
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 742
Converted house1.7% · 69
Other conversion0.9% · 38
Above shop / office2.7% · 111
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013758- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBelmont17.8% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned11,864NNorth Cheam16.5% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned11,161SStonecot17.8% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,279SSutton Central9.1% aged 65+ · 40.7% owned12,566SSutton North16.5% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned11,296SSutton South15.6% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned12,247SSutton West & East Cheam14.3% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned10,907WWorcester Park North11.9% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned8,424WWorcester Park South21.1% aged 65+ · 85.5% owned7,071
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.