Seaburn

Sunderland · North East · population 6,961 · 5 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,986 of 6,856 in England
  • #60 of 342 in North East
  • #4 of 36 in Sunderland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,825
Median age (est.)53
Density4,191per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above35%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 33%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 3%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant6%

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 64% · No religion 31% · Muslim 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

Seaburn is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,986 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 36 in Sunderland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 105 sales), 61% above the wider Sunderland median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,922 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 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 90 · #663
Employment 68 · #2,212
Education 84 · #1,074
Health 36 · #4,385
Crime 62 · #2,589
Housing & access 93 · #451
Living environment 20 · #5,496

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +21.4% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,000105+21.4%+13.6%
Detached£480,0009+4.3%+22.3%
Semi-detached£295,00052+1.7%+18.2%
Terraced£169,95041+11.8%+36.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£250,000
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)£37,922±£5,448 · #4,065 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,039
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 399 offences
Sunderland90
North East97
England83

Rank #2,656 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences123
Theft139
Burglary27
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons33
Drugs8
Robbery9
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 101 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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