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Sutton population, 2001–2024

Sutton has an estimated population of 214,525 (mid-2024), up 18.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Sutton local authority area.

214,525
population, mid-2024
+18.2%
since 2001
+7.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (214,525)
2005201020152020 181k 215k

Year by year

YearPopulationChange
2024214,525+1.0%
2023212,336+0.9%
2022210,369+0.4%
2021209,617-0.1%
2020209,921+0.7%
2019208,516+1.1%
2018206,286+0.7%
2017204,824+0.8%
2016203,299+1.0%
2015201,208+1.0%
2014199,144+1.3%
2013196,678+1.4%
2012193,982+1.5%
2011191,123+1.0%
2010189,321+0.6%
2009188,167+1.2%
2008185,860+0.9%
2007184,174+0.7%
2006182,882+0.4%
2005182,103+0.6%
2004181,094-0.1%
2003181,267+0.0%
2002181,265-0.1%
2001181,461

Food businesses

Sutton has 194 takeaways, 317 restaurants and cafés and 48 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.61 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.

Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Sutton local authority area (code E09000029), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.