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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
109
Population
257
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚DH4 6GX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
257
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
206
Single
69
Married
81
Separated
9
Divorced
29
Widowed
18

Health

Population
257
Very good
97
Good
65
Fair
61
Bad
25
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
206
England❚DH4 6GX❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
11
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
257
White British
253
White Gypsy
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
257
England
250
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Germany
1
China
1
Hong Kong
2

Religion

Population
257
Christian
181
No religion
68
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
95
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
186
England❚DH4 6GX❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
9
Unemployed
9
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
32
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
109
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
111
Occupied
109
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
73
Terraced
32
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
109
One person
39
Two people
31
Three people
17
Four people
13
Five people
6
Six people
1
Eight or over
2

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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