Housing in SM3 8NX
What the homes in SM3 8NX are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cheam High Street
- Council
- Sutton
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,026 (2024)
SM3 8NXSutton
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (40.4%). Flats make up 54.8%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
54.1% of households in the SM3 8NX area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 40.6% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 30.2% own outright and 23.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned54.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.1%1%
- Private rented40.6%20.5%
- Social rented5.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 30.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (19%). 26.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Sutton
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Sutton (August 2026, +2.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SM3 8NX (Cheam High Street) (about 2,026 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.