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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001801

Millfield

Millfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,838 residents in Sunderland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sunderland
5,838

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,362

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,685.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

43.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Moor Park, Preston7,155 residents · 43.5% owned · 40.3% no carLangworthy Buile Hill, Salford7,017 residents · 40.5% owned · 43.0% no carLandore, Swansea10,216 residents · 49.3% owned · 35.8% no carBoothen & Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent9,443 residents · 44.1% owned · 37.6% no carSt Thomas, Swansea8,076 residents · 50.1% owned · 31.5% no carStoke Heath, Coventry8,535 residents · 45.4% owned · 35.6% no car

Most similar within Sunderland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Barnes Park, Sunderland5,590 residents · 70.7% owned · 29.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Millfield

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

Tenure

Owned52.2%
1,234 households
Private rented37.1%
877 households
Social rented10.1%
239 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced70.7%
1,671 households
Semi-detached14.5%
343 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
140 households
Detached5.1%
120 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.4%
56 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household43.4%
1,027 households
1 car or van in household40.4%
954 households
2 cars or vans in household13%
308 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.2%
75 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.2%
996 households
3 bedrooms37.3%
882 households
1 bedroom11.9%
282 households
4 or more bedrooms8.6%
202 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.6%
1,360 households
One-person household36.3%
857 households
Other household types6.1%
144 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.4%
859 households
2 people in household29.8%
705 households
3 people in household16.7%
394 households
4 people in household9.7%
228 households
5 people in household4.8%
114 households
6 people in household1.3%
31 households
7 people in household0.8%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,000 residents
15–2923.2%
1,356 residents
30–4421.4%
1,249 residents
45–6424.7%
1,441 residents
65 and over13.5%
790 residents
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White64.5%
3,768 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.1%
1,348 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.5%
435 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
200 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
87 residents
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
1,514 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.2%
1,062 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
669 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.1%
627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
465 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.9%
2,337 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.9%
2,050 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8.2%
394 residents aged 16 and over
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students17.2%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
762 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.3%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.8%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.1%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.2%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
256 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.4%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.9%
2,740 residents
Good health32.2%
1,880 residents
Fair health13.3%
775 residents
Bad health5.8%
338 residents
Very bad health1.8%
105 residents
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.1%
4,680 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.9%
1,160 residents
Millfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.5%
935 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
841 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.1%
429 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.6%
156 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Millfield · 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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