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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
129
Population
309
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚DH4 6LA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
80
Married
137
Separated
5
Divorced
20
Widowed
14

Health

Population
309
Very good
133
Good
97
Fair
59
Bad
16
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚DH4 6LA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
308
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
301
Scotland
2
Germany
1
Portugal
1
South Africa
2
Pakistan
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
226
Muslim
1
No religion
70
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
5
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
236
England❚DH4 6LA❚
Full-Time employee
89
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
8
Unemployed
13
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
20

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
9
Detached
4
Semi detached
13
Terraced
111
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
34
Two people
50
Three people
17
Four people
20
Five people
5
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