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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
185
Population
432
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
149
England❚DH4 5NJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
432
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
332
Single
121
Married
155
Separated
10
Divorced
26
Widowed
20

Health

Population
432
Very good
209
Good
136
Fair
56
Bad
27
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
332
England❚DH4 5NJ❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
80
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
432
White British
423
White Gypsy
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
432
England
421
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Germany
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
432
Christian
323
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
93
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
207
Mining
1
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
7
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
16
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
316
England❚DH4 5NJ❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
15
Unemployed
17
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
185
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - council
37
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
185
Unoccupied
2
Detached
45
Semi detached
63
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
185
One person
61
Two people
51
Three people
38
Four people
23
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

DH4 6JY DH4 6JZ DH4 6JX DH4 6JU DH4 6HW DH4 6HS DH4 6HR DH4 6JA DH4 6HN DH4 6HT DH4 6JB DH4 6JF DH4 6JE DH4 6JG DH4 6JQ DH4 6HZ DH4 6JD DH4 6HY DH4 6GW DH4 6JW DH4 6GX DH4 6JN DH4 6JJ DH4 6JH DH4 6JL DH4 5NY DH4 6HX DH4 6JS DH4 6GG DH4 6GZ DH4 6GY DH4 5ND DH4 5RJ

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