Columbia, Barmston & Teal Farm

Sunderland · North East · population 8,672 · 6 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,762 of 6,856 in England
  • #148 of 342 in North East
  • #12 of 36 in Sunderland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,652
Median age (est.)40
Density1,650per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above26%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 25%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 43% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Columbia, Barmston & Teal Farm is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,762 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (70) but weak on Health (14). Typical homes here sold for about £195,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 102 sales), 26% above the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,597 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 34 · #4,550
Employment 28 · #4,968
Education 28 · #4,934
Health 14 · #5,866
Crime 63 · #2,548
Housing & access 65 · #2,390
Living environment 70 · #2,020

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +11.4% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,000102+11.4%+2.6%
Detached£291,50032-17.9%+3.6%
Semi-detached£202,50028+19.1%+6.6%
Terraced£120,00037+19.5%-20.0%
Flat£61,0005-18.7%-25.2%
This area£195,000
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)£38,597±£5,605 · #3,843 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,610
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 513 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #2,808 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences217
Theft85
Burglary37
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons39
Drugs4
Robbery4
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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