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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
138
Population
289
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚DH4 6GJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
248
Single
58
Married
134
Separated
4
Divorced
23
Widowed
29

Health

Population
289
Very good
115
Good
107
Fair
47
Bad
18
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
248
England❚DH4 6GJ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
284
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
278
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
289
Christian
218
Other
1
No religion
41
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
123
Mining
1
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
14
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
215
England❚DH4 6GJ❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
20
Unemployed
5
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
78
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
4
Detached
48
Semi detached
82
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
42
Two people
56
Three people
25
Four people
15

Nearby postcodes

DH4 4QH DH4 4PU DH4 4PY DH4 4QL DH4 4PT DH4 4TU

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