Hetton-le-Hole North

Sunderland · North East · population 7,723 · 5 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,544 of 6,856 in England
  • #208 of 342 in North East
  • #21 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,606
Median age (est.)49
Density723per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above23%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 23%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 12% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 38% · Other 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

Hetton-le-Hole North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,544 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (68) but weak on Health (8). Typical homes here sold for about £150,975 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 116 sales), in line with the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,843 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 26 · #5,105
Employment 12 · #6,010
Education 25 · #5,167
Health 8 · #6,284
Crime 23 · #5,283
Housing & access 68 · #2,171
Living environment 52 · #3,275

House prices ?

£150,975median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,975116-2.0%-2.6%
Detached£252,50030-1.9%+23.2%
Semi-detached£160,00043+9.2%+10.4%
Terraced£96,00042+1.1%+37.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£150,975
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)£31,843±£5,375 · #5,995 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,816
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 543 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #3,550 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences257
Theft57
Burglary46
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons45
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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