Social housing in Sutton
14.2% of households in Sutton are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Sutton?
Sutton ranks 201st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 82,312 households, 11,673 are social homes (14.2%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Sutton compare with the UK average?
At -3.3 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Sutton sits below the national level.
Sutton at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Sutton.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Sutton has 74 schools — 66 state-funded and 8 independent. That includes 42 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of the 29 with a published Ofsted grade, 97% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 112 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Sutton, offering about 4,857 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Sutton sits in decile 8 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 5% of its 123 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,645 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Sutton
See Sutton through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).