Pallion North

Sunderland · North East · population 7,478 · 4 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,449 of 6,856 in England
  • #298 of 342 in North East
  • #30 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,356
Median age (est.)36
Density4,349per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above18%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 47%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 47%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 20%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 20%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 14% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure14%
Sales & customer service14%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades11%
Professional11%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 47% · Muslim 1%

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

Pallion North is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,449 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #30 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here sold for about £136,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 52 sales), 12% below the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,047 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 84 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 6 · #6,469
Employment 4 · #6,613
Education 4 · #6,545
Health 2 · #6,695
Crime 13 · #5,948
Housing & access 80 · #1,355
Living environment 72 · #1,945

House prices ?

£136,000median (12m) · +13.1% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£136,00052+13.1%+15.3%
Detached£180,00011+5.9%+13.2%
Semi-detached£135,00031+7.1%+18.9%
Terraced£99,7488+5.0%+33.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£136,000
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)£30,047±£4,369 · #6,383 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,938
Price-to-income ?4.5×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 ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

84 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 627 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #4,266 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences260
Theft145
Burglary19
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson64
Public order & weapons53
Drugs18
Robbery11
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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