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Houghton and Sunderland South

2nd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
47
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 3.8%. Number of health-focused charities: 342.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
66/543
Bottom 20%
health
25/543
Bottom 10%
income
90/543
Bottom 20%
housing
433/543
education
68/543
Bottom 20%
employment
29/543
Bottom 10%
environment
369/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

employment HIGH
Rank 29/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
134 employment-focused charities, 1368 employees
health HIGH
Rank 25/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
342 health-focused charities, 4409 employees
GP ratio: 1:2096 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime HIGH
Rank 66/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income MODERATE
Rank 90/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
160 income-focused charities, 1422 employees
education MODERATE
Rank 68/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
357 education-focused charities, 4018 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

725 registered charities

725
Charities
£29,715,444
Grants to HQ'd charities
5,798
Employees
24,417
Volunteers
30.5%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

JOHN ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
OXCLOSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
SUNDERLAND CITY CENTRE DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT
STOCKSFIELD MEETING HOUSE
DALTON LE DALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
INSPIRED BY ERIN
FOUNDATIONS 4 YOUNG PEOPLE

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
38
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,096
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). See methodology.

People working in Houghton and Sunderland South, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,500
Social Care 2,400
Transport 1,500
Construction 1,475
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Environment / Green 40

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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