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)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 214,525 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 212,336 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 210,369 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 209,617 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 209,921 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 208,516 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 206,286 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 204,824 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 203,299 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 201,208 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 199,144 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 196,678 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 193,982 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 191,123 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 189,321 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 188,167 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 185,860 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 184,174 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 182,882 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 182,103 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 181,094 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 181,267 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 181,265 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 181,461 | — |
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.