Grangetown

Sunderland · North East · population 6,195 · 4 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,537 of 6,856 in England
  • #207 of 342 in North East
  • #20 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,171
Median age (est.)44
Density2,736per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 26%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 12% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Grangetown is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,537 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Health (9). Typical homes here sold for about £142,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 43 sales), 8% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,726 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,352
Employment 12 · #6,058
Education 27 · #5,002
Health 9 · #6,250
Crime 26 · #5,098
Housing & access 88 · #834
Living environment 40 · #4,111

House prices ?

£142,000median (12m) · -6.9% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£142,00043-6.9%+5.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£163,45025-0.9%+14.3%
Terraced£121,00014+11.0%+31.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
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)£32,726±£4,657 · #5,758 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,561
Price-to-income ?4.3×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 457 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #3,755 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences194
Theft85
Burglary34
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons37
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 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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