Hill View & Tunstall

Sunderland · North East · population 10,104 · 7 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,492 of 6,856 in England
  • #47 of 342 in North East
  • #2 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,979
Median age (est.)51
Density3,682per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 2%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 28% · Muslim 5%

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

Hill View & Tunstall is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 36 in Sunderland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (95) and lowest on Living environment (41). Typical homes here, about £225,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 137 sales), 45% 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, #106 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £41,465 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 86 · #951
Employment 65 · #2,390
Education 84 · #1,095
Health 43 · #3,926
Crime 70 · #2,068
Housing & access 95 · #327
Living environment 41 · #4,063

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=137
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,000137+7.1%+25.0%
Detached£351,25010-3.1%+46.4%
Semi-detached£230,00092+9.5%+24.3%
Terraced£221,00016+14.5%+20.3%
Flat£114,95019+23.9%+8.4%
This area£225,000
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)£41,465±£5,979 · #3,005 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,585
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 506 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #2,130 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft95
Burglary33
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons34
Drugs15
Robbery7
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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