Herrington & Doxford

Sunderland · North East · population 7,109 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,513 of 6,856 in England
  • #48 of 342 in North East
  • #3 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,880
Median age (est.)52
Density1,848per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant7%
Elementary6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 65% · No religion 30% · Sikh 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

Herrington & Doxford is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,513 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 36 in Sunderland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (84) and lowest on Health (36). Typical homes here sold for about £209,950 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 105 sales), 35% above the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #59 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,198 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 82 · #1,225
Employment 64 · #2,480
Education 73 · #1,856
Health 36 · #4,372
Crime 82 · #1,239
Housing & access 84 · #1,109
Living environment 79 · #1,410

House prices ?

£209,950median (12m) · -4.6% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£209,950105-4.6%+9.1%
Detached£265,99537-5.7%-5.8%
Semi-detached£190,00057+4.4%+15.2%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£64,0007-7.2%
This area£209,950
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)£37,198±£5,347 · #4,302 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,079
Price-to-income ?5.6×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 266 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #1,023 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences86
Theft72
Burglary25
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons24
Drugs7
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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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