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Sutton Central ward, London Borough of Sutton

Sutton Central is one of 20 electoral wards of Sutton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 12,566 residents in 5,407 households — 11,018 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sutton and Cheam constituency.

Residents, 202112,566council ward average 10,482
Households5,4072.32 residents per household
Density11,018/ km²about 1.14 km² · London Borough of Sutton 4,781
Aged 65+9.1%London Borough of Sutton: 15.1% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.9% · 997
5–97.2% · 907
10–157.2% · 910
16–193.4% · 429
20–244.8% · 607
25–3419.1% · 2,405
35–4926.5% · 3,333
50–6414.6% · 1,835
65–745.0% · 632
75–842.9% · 370
85+1.1% · 141

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van40.0% · 2,164
1 car or van46.0% · 2,489
2 cars or vans11.8% · 638
3 or more2.1% · 116
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Sutton overall: 64.4% owned, 14.2% social rented, 20.3% private rented.

Owned outright15.1% · 816
With mortgage25.6% · 1,384
Shared ownership3.5% · 189
Social rented19.9% · 1,075
Private rented35.8% · 1,934
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house2.1% · 113
Semi-detached house11.2% · 606
Terraced house14.9% · 808
Purpose-built flat60.9% · 3,294
Converted house6.6% · 357
Other conversion1.8% · 100
Above shop / office2.3% · 122
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
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.