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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001805

Pallion South & High Barnes

Pallion South & High Barnes is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,501 residents in Sunderland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sunderland
5,501

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,447

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,327.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.4%

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.

Birtley South, Gateshead8,274 residents · 60.7% owned · 29.5% no carPreston Billy Mill, North Tyneside5,839 residents · 70.1% owned · 27.0% no carDunston Hill, Gateshead6,220 residents · 70.0% owned · 26.3% no carHaughton Le Skerne, Darlington5,549 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.7% no carShaw & Crompton, Oldham5,940 residents · 72.6% owned · 21.0% no carBishop Auckland Central & West, County Durham7,205 residents · 76.7% owned · 21.1% no car

Most similar within Sunderland

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Houghton Town, Sunderland8,539 residents · 61.7% owned · 28.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pallion South & High Barnes

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

Tenure

Owned74.8%
1,830 households
Private rented17.3%
423 households
Social rented7.7%
188 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56.7%
1,389 households
Terraced37%
906 households
Detached3.7%
91 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
23 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.8%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.5%
1,064 households
No cars or vans in household27%
660 households
2 cars or vans in household23.1%
565 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.5%
159 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.8%
1,145 households
2 bedrooms35.9%
878 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
333 households
1 bedroom3.8%
92 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65%
1,593 households
One-person household30.5%
747 households
Other household types4.5%
110 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.7%
922 households
1 person in household30.5%
747 households
3 people in household17.4%
425 households
4 people in household10.9%
266 households
5 people in household2.5%
60 households
6 people in household0.7%
16 households
7 people in household0.4%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.2%
727 residents
15–2914.7%
807 residents
30–4417.2%
948 residents
45–6429.4%
1,617 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,401 residents
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.3%
5,024 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
339 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
56 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
52 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
30 residents
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.4%
1,296 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.7%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
810 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.6%
594 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
461 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.7%
413 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.4%
2,474 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.2%
2,180 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
68 residents aged 16 and over
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
946 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.1%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.7%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.6%
641 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
350 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
277 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.9%
2,304 residents
Good health34.3%
1,889 residents
Fair health17%
937 residents
Bad health5.1%
280 residents
Very bad health1.7%
91 residents
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
4,236 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,265 residents
Pallion South & High Barnes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.4%
1,088 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.7%
874 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
385 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
97 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Pallion South & High Barnes · 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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