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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
121
Population
279
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚DH4 5QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
232
Single
44
Married
152
Separated
3
Divorced
19
Widowed
14

Health

Population
279
Very good
122
Good
101
Fair
45
Bad
10
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
232
England❚DH4 5QS❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
273
White Irish
4
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
272
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
China
2

Religion

Population
279
Christian
234
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
30
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
143
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
11
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚DH4 5QS❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
10
Unemployed
4
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
121
Detached
4
Semi detached
64
Terraced
53

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
29
Two people
52
Three people
20
Four people
15
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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Data Sources

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