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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001798

North Hylton

North Hylton is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,213 residents in Sunderland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sunderland
8,213

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,546

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,739.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

15.8%

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.

Heworth, Gateshead9,146 residents · 50.5% owned · 36.3% no carBilton Grange, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,006 residents · 50.2% owned · 34.7% no carBlacon South, Cheshire West and Chester7,341 residents · 47.9% owned · 33.6% no carParson Cross, Sheffield10,170 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.4% no carFerry Fryston, Wakefield8,951 residents · 48.2% owned · 29.0% no carWindy Nook & Whitehills, Gateshead6,549 residents · 56.5% owned · 35.5% no car

Most similar within Sunderland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pennywell and Grindon, Sunderland8,699 residents · 47.8% owned · 38.6% no carSouth Hylton, Sunderland6,215 residents · 57.6% owned · 30.8% no carSilksworth, Sunderland6,689 residents · 53.8% owned · 31.4% no carThorney Close & Plains Farm, Sunderland9,686 residents · 37.9% owned · 40.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in North Hylton

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

Tenure

Owned51%
1,807 households
Social rented36.8%
1,306 households
Private rented11.9%
422 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached69.9%
2,478 households
Terraced14.8%
524 households
Detached10.1%
357 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.8%
136 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,486 households
No cars or vans in household33.3%
1,181 households
2 cars or vans in household19.2%
679 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.6%
198 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms43.3%
1,533 households
3 bedrooms41.5%
1,471 households
4 or more bedrooms8.2%
292 households
1 bedroom7%
248 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.2%
2,378 households
One-person household29.2%
1,035 households
Other household types3.6%
127 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
1,256 households
1 person in household29.2%
1,035 households
3 people in household19.2%
682 households
4 people in household11.4%
403 households
5 people in household3.4%
120 households
6 people in household1.1%
40 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.5%
1,437 residents
15–2917.7%
1,458 residents
30–4417.8%
1,464 residents
45–6428.6%
2,346 residents
65 and over18.4%
1,510 residents
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
8,043 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
67 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
46 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
40 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
17 residents
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
1,883 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,178 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
1,078 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above15.8%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%
811 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.4%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
180 residents aged 16 and over
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.7%
3,722 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,859 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
100 residents aged 16 and over
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.2%
1,352 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.5%
1,236 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.9%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
765 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
761 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.4%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.8%
318 residents aged 16 and over
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.7%
3,423 residents
Good health33%
2,711 residents
Fair health16.6%
1,361 residents
Bad health6.7%
549 residents
Very bad health2.1%
170 residents
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.8%
6,147 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.2%
2,066 residents
North Hylton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.6%
1,297 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,258 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.1%
748 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
229 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
12 households
North Hylton · 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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