Hetton-le-Hole South

Sunderland · North East · population 7,566 · 4 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,072 of 6,856 in England
  • #260 of 342 in North East
  • #25 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,367
Median age (est.)39
Density731per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van29%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 32%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 32%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 40% · 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 South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,072 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (66) but weak on Health (5). Typical homes here sold for about £119,950 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 77 sales), 23% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,637 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 15 · #5,818
Employment 7 · #6,360
Education 21 · #5,434
Health 5 · #6,490
Crime 10 · #6,161
Housing & access 62 · #2,596
Living environment 66 · #2,342

House prices ?

£119,950median (12m) · -0.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£119,95077-0.0%+10.3%
Detached£220,00013+12.8%+25.4%
Semi-detached£150,50022+14.4%+27.5%
Terraced£85,99941-20.4%+26.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£119,950
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)£32,637±£4,668 · #5,794 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,130
Price-to-income ?3.7×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 680 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #4,542 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences266
Theft92
Burglary62
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson114
Public order & weapons50
Drugs21
Robbery2
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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