Monkwearmouth

Sunderland · North East · population 8,663 · 6 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,968 of 6,856 in England
  • #165 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 36 in Sunderland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,563
Median age (est.)48
Density4,721per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 17%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 42%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Associate professional 13% · Sales & customer service 11%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Sales & customer service11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Monkwearmouth is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,968 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (94) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here, about £160,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 119 sales), in line with the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,564 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 127 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 44 · #3,864
Employment 28 · #4,954
Education 46 · #3,700
Health 13 · #5,962
Crime 19 · #5,571
Housing & access 94 · #375
Living environment 9 · #6,250

House prices ?

£160,000median (12m) · +3.2% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£160,000119+3.2%+25.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£219,97516+2.3%+46.6%
Terraced£158,00083+3.9%+25.4%
Flat£91,00017-27.3%+18.3%
This area£160,000
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)£30,564±£4,407 · #6,288 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,871
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

127 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,103 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #5,603 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences297
Theft410
Burglary59
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson107
Public order & weapons83
Drugs24
Robbery40
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 251 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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