Estate agents in SM5
SM5 is a postcode district in Sutton with about 38,291 residents. HM Land Registry recorded 332 standard sales there between August 2025 and July 2026, with a median price paid of £451,000.
How estate agents in SM5 compare
SM5 at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 330 sales in SM5 from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £450,000.
37.7% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 6.1 years and sold for a median of 14.3% more than they paid.
The median price was £342,000 in 2016 and £450,000 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in SM5
Median sale price in SM5: £450,000
| All homes | 330 sales, median £450,000 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 22 sales, median £816,000 |
| Semi-detached | 78 sales, median £632,500 |
| Terraced | 141 sales, median £451,000 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 89 sales, median £300,000 |
Across Sutton the average price was £445,839 in June 2026, up 0.2% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £342,000 (567 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £355,000 (535 sales) |
| 2018 | £370,000 (466 sales) |
| 2019 | £365,950 (469 sales) |
| 2020 | £397,700 (377 sales) |
| 2021 | £400,000 (637 sales) |
| 2022 | £440,000 (507 sales) |
| 2023 | £440,000 (366 sales) |
| 2024 | £458,000 (403 sales) |
| 2025 | £450,000 (452 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
Carshalton station is about 0.1 miles from the centre of SM5, with Carshalton Beeches about 0.7 miles away, Wallington about 0.8 miles and Hackbridge about 0.9 miles. Morden, about 3 miles away, is the nearest Underground stop. The A232, A237, A217 and A297 pass through or beside the district. M23 junction 7 at Hooley is about 6 miles away and M25 junction 8 at Reigate Hill is about 7 miles away. London City Airport is about 13 miles away and London Heathrow Airport about 14 miles. Central London is about 10 miles away in a straight line.
Schools in and near SM5
The centre has 16 primary schools within about 1.2 miles, including St Mary's RC Infants School and St Mary's RC Junior School (both Roman Catholic) at about 0.1 miles and Harris Junior Academy Carshalton (an academy) at about 0.2 miles. Secondary choices include St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls (girls only, Roman Catholic, sixth form) at about 0.2 miles and Wallington County Grammar School (grammar school, boys only, sixth form, academy) at about 0.7 miles. Collingwood School is the nearest independent school at about 0.6 miles. Sherwood Foundation School and Grove Road School, both special schools, are about 1.3 miles away. Croydon College is about 3 miles away and St George's Hospital Medical School about 4.2 miles.
Living in SM5
SM5 is an urban postcode district of about 38,000 residents, in or beside the built-up area of Sutton. Within about 1.2 miles of the centre there are more than 290 shops, including nine supermarkets, with a Co-op Food about 0.2 miles away and over 40 convenience stores. Food and drink options include 17 pubs, with The Sun, The Hope and The Racehorse each about 0.1 miles away, plus more than 30 cafés, more than 30 restaurants and over 55 takeaways. There are 8 doctors' surgeries, the nearest being The Wrythe Green Surgery about 0.5 miles away, along with 11 pharmacies and 12 dentists. St. Helier Hospital, with an emergency department, is about 1.3 miles away. Carshalton Post Office is about 0.2 miles away and Wallington Library about 0.9 miles. Of the 20 named parks, The Grove is nearest at about 0.2 miles and Wilderness Island nature reserve is about 0.6 miles away.
A short history of SM5
Finds from the Neolithic to the Iron Age south of Carshalton suggest early settlement and before the Norman Conquest five freemen held five manors here. Domesday Book records the place as Aultone, held by Goisfrid de Mandeville and rendering £15 10s 0d. It had 3½ hides, a church, 10 ploughs, a mill and 22 acres of meadow. The name probably draws on the local springs. By the late 18th century mills on the Wandle made paper, parchment, leather, snuff and seed oil. The population reached 2,411 by the mid 19th century. A station opened in the village in 1868 and the Carshalton Park Estate was sold for housing in the early 1890s. Carshalton Urban District ran from 1894 to 1965. Of 109 listed buildings nearby, six are Grade II*: Carshalton House with its Water Pavilion and Hermitage or Grotto, The Old Rectory, the Church of All Saints and 19 Park Hill.
Landscape and geography in SM5
The centre of SM5 stands at about 40 metres (131 feet) above sea level. The River Wandle runs through or along the edge of the area and the nearest open coast is about 30 miles off. Waddon Ponds lie at about 1.8 miles. Botley Hill reaches 270 metres (885 feet) at about 9 miles, while Gravelly Hill, at 237 metres (778 feet), is about 8 miles off. The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, now called a National Landscape, is about 5 miles away. The Kent Downs National Landscape is about 10 miles away. Banstead Downs is about 1.9 miles away and Purley Downs about 3 miles. Banstead Wood and the South London Downs National Nature Reserve are each about 4 miles away.
People and homes in SM5
Census 2021 figures show about 41,700 usual residents in SM5, with 20% aged under 15, 66% aged 15 to 64 and 14% aged 65 and over. At the 2021 Census there were about 15,700 households in SM5 and 37% had dependent children, against 28% in England. Census 2021 figures show 35% of households lived in terraced houses, 29% in semi-detached houses, 25% in flats and 11% in detached houses. At the 2021 Census 65% of households owned their home, 20% rented socially and 14% rented privately. Valuation Office Agency figures for March 2026 show band C as the most common council tax band, at 40% of homes. Environment Agency figures from June 2026 cover rivers and the sea only and show 23 residential properties at high risk and 29 at medium risk.
Economy and jobs in SM5
About 74,000 jobs were located in the wider Sutton council area in 2024. Health accounted for 20.3% of them in 2024 and business administration and support services for 13.6%, with education at 10.8% and construction and retail at 8.1% each. Industrial estates and business parks near the centre include Willow Lane Industrial Estate, Anchor Business Park, Beddington Lane Industrial Estate, Silver Wing Industrial Estate, Commerce Park and Brookmead Industrial Estate. The employment rate of residents aged 16 to 64 in the wider Sutton council area was 77.1% in the 12 months July 2025 to June 2026. In September 2026 across the wider Sutton council area 4,795 people claimed unemployment-related benefits (3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64). Median gross pay of full-time employees working in the wider Sutton council area was £39,874 a year in 2025.
Notable people from SM5
Jack Cork (born 1989) is an English footballer and Louie Annesley (born 2000) is a Gibraltarian association football player. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (born 1988) is a British sprinter and reality television participant, while Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley (born 1951) is a British table tennis player. Simon Conway Morris (born 1951) is a British palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist. Edward George, Baron George (1938 to 2009) was Governor of the Bank of England and Arthur Barrett (1857 to 1926) was a British general. Thomas Fuller (1654 to 1734) was a British physician, preacher and intellectual who also wrote history. Cork, Conway Morris, Aikines-Aryeetey, Parker-Hammersley-Shirley, George and Barrett were born in Carshalton, Fuller in Rosehill and Annesley in St. Helier.
Sport and leisure
Westcroft Leisure Centre, The Phoenix Centre and Sutton Arena are the sports centres in and around SM5 and Westcroft Judo Club is also listed. Football grounds include Sutton United FC, Carshalton Athletic Football Club and Borough Sports Ground, with Tooting and Mitcham United FC as a stadium and Mitcham Rugby Club for rugby. Tennis is played at Carshalton Tennis Club, Sutton Churches Tennis Club and Sutton Tennis & Squash Club, while bowls clubs include Carshalton Bowls Club, Wallington Bowls Club and Rosehill Bowling Club. Golf is available at Mitcham Golf Club and The Oaks courses. Open space includes Beddington Park, Carshalton Park, Mitcham Common, Oaks Park and Manor Park, along with nature reserves such as Wilderness Island, The Warren and Watermeads Nature Reserve. A number of children's playgrounds are also mapped.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in SM5?
- The median price paid for homes in SM5 over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £451,000. By property type, the median price paid was £822,000 for detached houses, £622,500 for semi-detached houses, £455,000 for terraced houses and £306,000 for flats.
- How many homes were sold in SM5 in the last year?
- There were 332 standard sales in SM5 in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026, according to HM Land Registry. These included 25 detached houses, 82 semi-detached houses, 137 terraced houses and 88 flats.
- What are the transport links in SM5?
- The nearest railway station is Carshalton at about 0.1 miles from the centre, followed by Carshalton Beeches at about 0.7 miles and Wallington at about 0.8 miles. Central London is about 10 miles away in a straight line. The A232, A237, A217 and A297 pass through or beside the area.
- What schools are near SM5?
- There are 16 primary schools within about 1.2 miles of the centre and the nearest secondary school is St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls at about 0.2 miles. Carshalton High School for Girls is about 0.3 miles away and Wallington County Grammar School is about 0.7 miles away.
- How many estate agent branches are there in SM5?
- There are 10 estate agent sales branches with an office in the SM5 postcode district.
Areas near SM5
SM5 is in Sutton.
Estate agents near SM5
- Silverman Black Estate AgentsSutton SM5 3AQ0.2 miles
- Andrews Estate Agents CarshaltonSutton SM5 3AH0.2 miles
- Hunters Estate AgentsSutton SM5 3AE0.3 miles
- Ushers Estate AgentsSutton SM5 3AE0.3 miles
- Bairstow EvesSutton SM5 3AE0.3 miles
- Kenyons Estate AgentsSutton SM5 3AE0.3 miles
- 99Home Ltd.Brent HA0 3HS0.6 miles
- Goodfellows Estate Agents - Carshalton BeechesSutton SM5 3LB0.7 miles
- Cromwells Estate AgentsSutton SM6 0DE0.7 miles
- Belvoir SuttonSutton SM5 3NP0.7 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of SM5.