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Sutton West & East Cheam ward, London Borough of Sutton

Sutton West & East Cheam is one of 20 electoral wards of Sutton London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,907 residents in 4,468 households — 6,911 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sutton and Cheam constituency.

Residents, 202110,907council ward average 10,482
Households4,4682.44 residents per household
Density6,911/ km²about 1.58 km² · London Borough of Sutton 4,781
Aged 65+14.3%London Borough of Sutton: 15.1% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 685
5–96.9% · 753
10–157.5% · 820
16–193.6% · 388
20–244.3% · 465
25–3414.1% · 1,542
35–4924.6% · 2,681
50–6418.5% · 2,018
65–747.6% · 827
75–844.6% · 497
85+2.1% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.9% · 1,069
1 car or van50.3% · 2,249
2 cars or vans20.4% · 910
3 or more5.4% · 240
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.6% · 1,232
With mortgage36.5% · 1,633
Shared ownership0.4% · 17
Social rented7.6% · 340
Private rented27.8% · 1,244
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house7.8% · 348
Semi-detached house26.1% · 1,165
Terraced house22.3% · 996
Purpose-built flat33.6% · 1,501
Converted house9.5% · 425
Other conversion0.3% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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.