Lakeside & Farrington

Sunderland · North East · population 6,735 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,305 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 342 in North East
  • #28 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,796
Median age (est.)46
Density2,682per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above18%
No car or van41%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 45%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 45%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 42%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Sales & customer service14%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary13%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades11%
Professional11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors6%

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 52% · No religion 43% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Lakeside & Farrington is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,305 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (72) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here, about £129,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 50 sales), 17% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £27,833 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 85 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 10 · #6,133
Employment 4 · #6,551
Education 9 · #6,257
Health 2 · #6,716
Crime 18 · #5,653
Housing & access 72 · #1,890
Living environment 60 · #2,733

House prices ?

£129,000median (12m) · +7.5% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£129,00050+7.5%+33.0%
Detached£280,0008-14.8%
Semi-detached£132,00029+7.3%+36.1%
Terraced£127,5006+15.9%+26.1%
Flat£50,0007-13.8%
This area£129,000
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)£27,833±£4,090 · #6,700 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,272
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

85 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 571 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #4,316 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft132
Burglary16
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons58
Drugs8
Robbery14
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 143 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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