Sunderland Factsheet

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Area

  • Area 140km2
  • Local Authorities Sunderland

Business and innovation

  • Business Churn Rate (%) 2017 1.14 (37/61)
  • Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2017 28.67 (62/62)
  • Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2017 31.02 (60/62)
  • Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2017 204.87 (62/62)
  • GVA per worker (£) 2017 53,114.75 (25/62)
  • Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2017 6.86 (57/63)

Demographics

  • People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 4.1 (60/63)
  • Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2017 19.64 (50/63)
  • Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2017 16.07 (34/63)
  • Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2017 17.45 (61/63)
  • Population Aged 45-64 (%) 2017 27.64 (4/63)
  • Population Aged 65+ (%) 2017 19.19 (8/63)

Exports

  • Exports per job (£) 2017 44,820 (2/62)
  • Goods exports per job (£) 2017 39,800 (2/62)
  • Services exports per job (£) 2017 5,020 (29/62)

Housing

  • Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011 27.05 (6/63)
  • Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011 12.89 (60/63)
  • Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011 60.05 (45/63)
  • Housing Affordability Ratio 2018 5.47 (59/62)
  • Housing Stock 2017 126,940 (32/63)
  • Mean house price (£) 2018 132,974.6 (59/62)

Industrial Structure

  • Manufacturing (%) 2017 17.64 (3/62)
  • Other Private Services (%) 2017 37.94 (57/62)
  • Other Sectors (%) 2017 8.13 (6/62)
  • Private Knowledge Intensive Business Services (%) 2017 8 (51/62)
  • Public Services (%) 2017 28.3 (36/62)

Jobs and Employment

  • Claimant Count (%) October 2019 4.91 (3/63)
  • Employment Rate (%) 2017 71 (45/63)
  • Private Sector Jobs 2017 87,500 (36/62)
  • Publicly Funded Jobs 2017 34,500 (39/62)
  • Ratio of Private to Public Sector Employment 2017 2.54 (27/62)
  • Youth Claimant Count (%) October 2019 6.44 (1/63)

Size

  • GVA (£ billion) 2017 6.48 (37/62)
  • Population 2017 277,250 (33/63)
  • Total Jobs 2017 122,000 (35/62)

Skills, Wages and Inequality

  • Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2018 535.3 (20/63)
  • Gini coefficient 2016 0.37 (49/58)
  • Pupils achieving 9-4 grades in Maths & English at GCSE (%) 2017 56.6 (45/55)
  • Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2017 27.3 (53/63)
  • Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2017 8.7 (30/63)

Travel and Environment

  • CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2016 4.72 (22/63)
  • Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011 1.31 (52/63)
  • Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011 15.48 (15/63)
  • Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011 0.72 (10/63)
  • Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011 66.84 (25/63)
  • Commuting on Foot (%) 2011 9.31 (42/63)
  • People who Work from Home (%) 2011 6.34 (57/59)
  • Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2018 54.84 (56/63)

Welfare

  • Total welfare spend (£ million) 2014 1,086.59 (27/62)
  • Welfare Spend Per Capita (£) 2014 3,924.11 (5/62)