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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001795

Southwick

Southwick is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,274 residents in Sunderland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sunderland
7,274

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,527

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,999.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.9%

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.

Headland & West View, Hartlepool10,278 residents · 39.7% owned · 40.0% no carSimonside, South Tyneside5,348 residents · 45.3% owned · 39.5% no carFelling South, Gateshead5,233 residents · 42.7% owned · 46.2% no carBishop Auckland South, County Durham7,039 residents · 47.7% owned · 36.1% no carNeath Town, Neath Port Talbot6,604 residents · 52.3% owned · 38.2% no carFord, Sefton6,279 residents · 40.7% owned · 43.7% no car

Most similar within Sunderland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Concord and Sulgrave, Sunderland9,356 residents · 41.0% owned · 43.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southwick

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

Tenure

Owned45%
1,587 households
Social rented33.9%
1,197 households
Private rented19.9%
701 households
Shared ownership1%
36 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced51.3%
1,809 households
Semi-detached29.8%
1,051 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.7%
341 households
Detached5.7%
200 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.4%
84 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household42.9%
1,511 households
1 car or van in household39.6%
1,395 households
2 cars or vans in household14.2%
499 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.4%
120 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39.2%
1,382 households
3 bedrooms38.2%
1,346 households
1 bedroom15.6%
550 households
4 or more bedrooms7%
248 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.2%
1,983 households
One-person household41%
1,446 households
Other household types2.8%
99 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41%
1,447 households
2 people in household30.6%
1,079 households
3 people in household15.5%
547 households
4 people in household9.6%
339 households
5 people in household2.3%
82 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,190 residents
15–2915.5%
1,130 residents
30–4419.2%
1,395 residents
45–6428%
2,034 residents
65 and over21%
1,526 residents
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
7,050 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
88 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
65 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
41 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
29 residents
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.2%
1,758 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
933 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
928 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
688 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
423 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.7%
3,048 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.6%
2,862 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
103 residents aged 16 and over
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.7%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.1%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.6%
998 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.1%
785 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.6%
635 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.2%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.8%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health37.1%
2,702 residents
Good health32.7%
2,379 residents
Fair health19%
1,379 residents
Bad health8.7%
633 residents
Very bad health2.5%
182 residents
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act71.6%
5,210 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act28.4%
2,064 residents
Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.3%
1,244 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.4%
1,143 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.2%
782 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.6%
338 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
Southwick · 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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