Millfield

Sunderland · North East · population 6,187 · 4 LSOAs

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

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,147 of 6,856 in England
  • #269 of 342 in North East
  • #27 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,836
Median age (est.)36
Density6,686per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above32%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 13%25–44 31%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 37%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 10%Private rent 37%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Caring & leisure 15% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Caring & leisure15%
Elementary14%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 23%Black: 7%Mixed: 1%Other: 3%
White 65%Asian 23%Black 7%Mixed 1%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 30% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Millfield is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,147 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (87) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here, about £83,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 57 sales), 46% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,066 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 125 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,468
Employment 15 · #5,839
Education 25 · #5,139
Health 6 · #6,469
Crime 5 · #6,531
Housing & access 87 · #903
Living environment 0 · #6,833

House prices ?

£83,000median (12m) · +10.7% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£83,00057+10.7%+27.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£115,0007-11.5%+58.6%
Terraced£82,65049+14.0%+26.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£83,000
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)£32,066±£4,706 · #5,937 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,997
Price-to-income ?2.6×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

125 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 775 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #5,569 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences311
Theft124
Burglary60
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons87
Drugs29
Robbery7
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 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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