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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
164
Population
404
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
130
England❚DH4 6HZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
60

Age Groups

Population
404
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
129
Married
91
Separated
13
Divorced
37
Widowed
22

Health

Population
404
Very good
187
Good
127
Fair
54
Bad
28
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚DH4 6HZ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
54
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
110

Ethnicity

Population
404
White British
388
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
6
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
404
England
387
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Germany
3
Ghana
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1
Philippines
4
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
404
Christian
251
Muslim
1
Sikh
2
No religion
127
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
159
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
18
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
268
England❚DH4 6HZ❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
15
Unemployed
17
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
40
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
187
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
23
Detached
12
Semi detached
114
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
18

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
46
Two people
48
Three people
36
Four people
20
Five people
11
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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