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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
122
Population
281
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚DH4 6JB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
48

Age Groups

Population
281
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
217
Single
74
Married
88
Separated
3
Divorced
33
Widowed
19

Health

Population
281
Very good
111
Good
85
Fair
52
Bad
25
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
217
England❚DH4 6JB❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
10
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
103

Ethnicity

Population
281
White British
271
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
6

Country of Birth

Population
281
England
276
Wales
1
Germany
2
Bangladesh
2

Religion

Population
281
Christian
193
Buddhist
1
Muslim
6
Sikh
1
No religion
58
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
91
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
3
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
189
England❚DH4 6JB❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
9
Unemployed
14
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - council
24
Rented - other social
38
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
68
Terraced
50

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
39
Two people
44
Three people
18
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six people
5
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 6JF DH4 6JE DH4 6JG DH4 6JQ DH4 6HZ DH4 6JD DH4 6HY DH4 6GW DH4 6JW DH4 6GX DH4 6JN DH4 5NB DH4 5NA DH4 5NJ 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