Editing London Borough of Sutton (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Sutton population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Sutton in 2021]]
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Sutton by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Sutton by single year ages in 2021]]
The proportion of Black, Asian and ethnic minorities in general living in the borough has almost doubled each decade since 1991: in 2019 Council data put the non white population at 26.8%, and the total White population at 73.2%. [[White British]] is the largest ethnic group at 62.6; this is down 10% from the 2011 census. The Filipino community is the largest foreign-born population in Sutton, closely followed by the Sri-Lankan (Tamil) community.<ref name=LBEthnicPercentages>{{cite web|url=https://data.sutton.gov.uk/population/|title=Population|publisher=London Borough of Sutton}}</ref>

===Ethnicity===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimates<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
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!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
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! style="text-align:left" | [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!98.4%
!159,123
!96.2%
!158,902
!94.1%!! 160,351 !! 89.2% !! 149,449 !! 78.6%
!143,145
!68.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 150,515 || 83.7% || 134,854 || 70.9%
|120,014
|57.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,664 || 2% || 3,219 || 1.7%
|3,118
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 193 || 0.1%
|130
|0.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left" |White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|321
|0.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 6,172 || 3.4% || 11,183 || 5.9%
|19,562
|9.3%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!2,321
!1.37%!! 4,601 !! 2.5% !! 9,120 !! 4.8%
!12,465
!5.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|621
| 0.4% || 2,208 || 1.2% || 5,471 || 2.9%
|7,441
|3.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,179
| 0.7% || 2,054 || 1.1% || 2,742 || 1.4%
|3,450
|1.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|521
| 0.3% || 339 || 0.2% || 907 || 0.5%
|1,574
|0.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!6,138
!3.6%!! 9,711 !! 5.4% !! 22,035 !! 11.6%
!36,787
!17.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,732
| 1.6% || 4,133 || 2.3% || 6,454 || 3.4%
|12,618
|6.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|504
| 0.3% || 1,216 || 0.7% || 2,595 || 1.4%
|6,177
|2.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|375
| 0.2% || 578 || 0.3% || 1,183 || 0.6%
|1,778
|0.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|762
| 0.5% || 1,211 || 0.7% || 2,240 || 1.2%
|3,989
|1.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,765
| 1.0% || 2,573 || 1.4% || 9,563 || 5.0%
|12,225
|5.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 3,725 !! 2.1% !! 7,134 !! 3.7%
!10,162
!4.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,205 || 0.7% || 2,298 || 1.2%
|2,777
|1.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 358 || 0.2% || 838 || 0.4%
|1,268
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,274 || 0.7% || 2,286 || 1.2%
|3,068
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 888 || 0.5% || 1,712 || 0.9%
|3,049
|1.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1519
!0.9%!! 1,380 !! 0.8% !! 2,408 !! 1.3%
!7,077
!3.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–||  –||  –|| 976 || 0.5%
|1,392
|0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1519
|0.9%|| 1,380 || 0.8% || 1,432 || 0.8%
|5,685
|2.7%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total
!–
!1.6%
!6,289
!3.8%
!9,978
!5.9%!! 19,417 !! 10.8% !! 40,697 !! 21.4%
!66,491
!31.7%
|-
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! style="text-align:left" | Total
!–
!100%
!165,412
!100%
!168,880
!100%!! 179,768 !! 100% !! 190,146 !! 100%
!209,636
!100%
|}

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages =
| 1801 |3838
| 1811 |4220
| 1821 |4856
| 1831 |5514
| 1841 |6169
| 1851 |6425
| 1861 |11807
| 1871 |17190
| 1881 |22573
| 1891 |27883
| 1901 |39454
| 1911 |55828
| 1921 |75509
| 1931 |102132
| 1941 |134002
| 1951 |175821
| 1961 |172817
| 1971 |169879
| 1981 |167566
| 1991 |171373
| 2001 |179667
| 2011 |190146
| 2021 |209602
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Sutton: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}