Rent in SM1, London

SM1 is a postcode district mostly in Sutton, with wards including Carshalton Central, Cheam, St Helier West, Stonecot. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,600 a month, +2% against the Sutton figure and −21% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeSM1SuttonLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,300£1,260£1,684130
2 bedrooms£1,600£1,575£2,036160
3 bedrooms£1,950£1,998£2,47270

Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Wards in SM1 include

Carshalton Central · Cheam · St Helier West · Stonecot · Sutton Central · Sutton North

Who lives in Sutton

Census 2021, whole borough (Sutton vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes65.5%46.8%
Private rentals20.3%30.0%
Social housing rentals14.2%23.1%
One-person households27.0%29.3%
Children under 1519.8%18.1%
Aged 65 and over15.1%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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