Barnes Park

Sunderland · North East · population 5,694 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,352 of 6,856 in England
  • #194 of 342 in North East
  • #19 of 36 in Sunderland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,591
Median age (est.)38
Density6,142per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 3%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades10%
Managers & directors8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 23%Black: 3%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 71%Asian 23%Black 3%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 29% · Muslim 20%

Born outside the UK: 16%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Barnes Park is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,352 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £142,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 69 sales), 8% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,027 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 27 · #5,009
Employment 29 · #4,865
Education 42 · #3,981
Health 20 · #5,455
Crime 23 · #5,297
Housing & access 90 · #690
Living environment 1 · #6,805

House prices ?

£142,000median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=69
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£142,00069+7.6%+23.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£130,0009-1.9%-3.7%
Terraced£144,25054+6.9%+25.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£142,000
Sunderland£155,000
North East£171,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,027±£5,448 · #4,033 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,974
Price-to-income ?3.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 347 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #2,922 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft49
Burglary30
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons36
Drugs17
Robbery6
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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