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SR4 postcode area · Sunderland

The SR4 postcode district spans 10 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Sunderland. Area Scores range from 4 to 78 across them. Every full SR4 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The SR4 district contains both ends of the scale: Hill View & Tunstall at 78 out of 100 (#1,492 of 6,856 in England) against Southwick at 4, a 74-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 8 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £83,000 in Millfield to £225,000 in Hill View & Tunstall — a 2.7× gap within the SR4 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£33,096a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime107per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)42
Owner-occupied58%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the SR4 district

£139,950median home sold over the past year · +25.0% over 5 years · +9.8% over the year · 400 sales
Detached£236,000
Semi-detached£150,000
Terraced£121,500
Flat£84,664
Sunderland£155,000
North East£171,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Hill View & TunstallSunderland 1,49278 £225,000
Newbottle & PenshawSunderland 4,56433 £140,000
Pallion South & High BarnesSunderland 4,79730 £169,000
Barnes ParkSunderland 5,35222 £142,000
South HyltonSunderland 5,88714 £130,500
Sunderland Central & DeptfordSunderland 6,12611 £87,000
MillfieldSunderland 6,14710 £83,000
Pennywell and GrindonSunderland 6,3607 £159,498
Pallion NorthSunderland 6,4496 £136,000
SouthwickSunderland 6,5654 £113,750

People living in SR4 Census 2021

Residents72,667
Median age (est.)42
Density2,155per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above27%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 22%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Sales & customer service 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Sales & customer service12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 37% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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.

Towns & places in SR4

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the SR4 district.

Pallion

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SR4.

SR43 SR9 SR1 SR2 SR3 SR5 SR6 NE36

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.