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Administrative Areas

Ward
Houghton
Local Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Region
North East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
162
Population
345
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
136
England❚DH4 4DT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
114
Married
102
Civil partnership
3
Separated
9
Divorced
35
Widowed
20

Health

Population
345
Very good
165
Good
113
Fair
47
Bad
15
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚DH4 4DT❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
339
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
339
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Germany
1
Spain
1

Religion

Population
345
Christian
239
No religion
89
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
195
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
12
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
268
England❚DH4 4DT❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
18
Unemployed
10
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
162
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
75
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
180
Occupied
162
Unoccupied
18
Detached
6
Semi detached
7
Terraced
161
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
4
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
162
One person
57
Two people
53
Three people
29
Four people
20
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

DH4 5HZ DH4 5JQ DH4 5JJ DH4 5HX DH4 5HY DH4 4BF DH4 4DE DH4 4DG DH4 4SJ DH4 4DU DH4 4ED DH4 4SH DH4 4EQ DH4 4FF DH4 4FD DH4 4HN

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019