FORDFIELD ROAD, SR4 0DA House Prices & Local Information

SR4 0DA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Fordfield Road, 0.5km from Ford in Sunderland. Administratively it sits within Pallion ward and the Sunderland Central constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SR4 0DA is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. By day, the area transitions to a non-metropolitan suburban areas character: white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A well-settled, later-life community (average age 64) — very low tenant turnover, high ownership, and a quiet residential character. 73% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 4% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 27 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for SR4 0DA are sourced from Output Area E00182918 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.