Hendon & Docks

Sunderland · North East · population 7,926 · 6 LSOAs

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

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  • #6,826 of 6,856 in England
  • #339 of 342 in North East
  • #36 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,658
Median age (est.)41
Density2,572per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above23%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 37%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 50%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 14% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure14%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 11%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 11%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 41% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Hendon & Docks is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,826 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #36 of 36 in Sunderland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (50) and lowest on Employment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £73,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 80 sales), 53% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £25,740 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 223 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 3 · #6,620
Employment 0 · #6,839
Education 6 · #6,469
Health 0 · #6,833
Crime 0 · #6,839
Housing & access 50 · #3,405
Living environment 9 · #6,222

House prices ?

£73,500median (12m) · -9.8% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£73,50080-9.8%+13.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£114,5006-0.4%
Terraced£69,00053+32.7%+36.6%
Flat£70,00019-36.4%-16.7%
This area£73,500
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)£25,740±£4,011 · #6,812 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£22,987
Price-to-income ?2.9×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

223 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,766 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #6,229 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences819
Theft275
Burglary109
Vehicle crime59
Criminal damage & arson162
Public order & weapons159
Drugs69
Robbery48
Other66

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 333 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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