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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001791

Fulwell

Fulwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,480 residents in Sunderland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sunderland
5,480

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,410

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,858.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

90.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Haslam Park, Preston6,677 residents · 84.0% owned · 14.9% no carTrimdon, Middlesbrough7,092 residents · 85.5% owned · 12.6% no carRedcar East, Redcar and Cleveland10,877 residents · 82.9% owned · 14.7% no carPlympton Underwood, Plymouth7,813 residents · 83.9% owned · 11.8% no carDane Bank, Tameside7,540 residents · 84.3% owned · 15.9% no carPadgate & Paddington, Warrington9,033 residents · 83.2% owned · 11.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fulwell

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned90.2%
2,173 households
Private rented8%
193 households
Social rented1.5%
36 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached84.9%
2,046 households
Terraced4.5%
109 households
Detached4.4%
106 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
85 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
33 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
23 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,054 households
2 cars or vans in household31.3%
755 households
No cars or vans in household16.2%
391 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
213 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.4%
1,334 households
2 bedrooms22.2%
536 households
4 or more bedrooms20.1%
484 households
1 bedroom2.3%
56 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.5%
1,700 households
One-person household26.3%
633 households
Other household types3.2%
77 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.2%
944 households
1 person in household26.3%
633 households
3 people in household19.1%
461 households
4 people in household12.5%
301 households
5 people in household2.2%
53 households
6 people in household0.7%
17 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
7 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
727 residents
15–2914.6%
798 residents
30–4417.2%
942 residents
45–6430.7%
1,680 residents
65 and over24.3%
1,331 residents
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
5,340 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
63 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
32 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
28 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
14 residents
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.7%
1,632 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
882 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.8%
651 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
634 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
400 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.2%
385 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.3%
2,785 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.3%
1,846 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
65 residents aged 16 and over
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.7%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations17.4%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.8%
557 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
277 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.3%
2,649 residents
Good health34.2%
1,873 residents
Fair health12.8%
702 residents
Bad health3.8%
207 residents
Very bad health0.9%
50 residents
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
4,535 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
943 residents
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.8%
1,344 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
800 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
244 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
22 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Fulwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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