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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
141
Population
280
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚DH4 5HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
73
Married
99
Separated
7
Divorced
35
Widowed
27

Health

Population
280
Very good
94
Good
87
Fair
72
Bad
20
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚DH4 5HY❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
273
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
273
Scotland
2
Germany
1
Turkey
1

Religion

Population
280
Christian
204
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
59
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
114
Manufacturing
16
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
9
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚DH4 5HY❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
13
Unemployed
18
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
98
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
8
Caravan
19

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
63
Two people
38
Three people
23
Four people
14
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

DH4 5JQ DH4 5JJ DH4 5HX DH4 4DY DH4 4BF DH4 4DE DH4 4DG DH4 4SJ DH4 4DP DH4 4DR DH4 4DS DH4 4DT DH4 4DX DH4 4DU DH4 4EA DH4 4EB DH4 4ED DH4 4DZ DH4 4EE 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