Pallion South & High Barnes

Sunderland · North East · population 5,554 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,797 of 6,856 in England
  • #150 of 342 in North East
  • #13 of 36 in Sunderland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,500
Median age (est.)49
Density4,327per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above27%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Sales & customer service 12% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 32% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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 South & High Barnes is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,797 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £169,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 62 sales), 9% above the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,600 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 46 · #3,734
Employment 26 · #5,036
Education 41 · #4,063
Health 13 · #5,969
Crime 43 · #3,885
Housing & access 97 · #183
Living environment 7 · #6,373

House prices ?

£169,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£169,00062+5.6%+20.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£200,50032+21.1%+23.9%
Terraced£130,00027+5.7%+12.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£169,000
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)£34,600±£5,079 · #5,158 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,820
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 345 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #3,004 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft33
Burglary22
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons38
Drugs12
Robbery0
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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