What's the median rent in Hendon & Docks?

The median monthly rent across Hendon & Docks is £695.

How well-connected is Hendon & Docks?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 16 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Hendon & Docks?

There are 13 schools within 2 km of Hendon & Docks, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3550 m away.

What is the council tax band in Hendon & Docks?

The most common council tax band in Hendon & Docks is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,487. Council tax is set by Sunderland council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Hendon & Docks to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Hendon & Docks to central London is approximately 226 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Hendon & Docks?

100% of premises in Hendon & Docks are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Hendon & Docks?

Hendon & Docks sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Hendon & Docks?

32% of households in Hendon & Docks are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Hendon & Docks?

The average property price across Sunderland (the local authority covering Hendon & Docks) is approximately £144,581, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Hendon & Docks a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.43 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £27,989.)

Which local areas are part of Hendon & Docks?

Hendon & Docks contains 6 local areas: Sunderland 016B, Sunderland 016E, Sunderland 016F, Sunderland 016D, Sunderland 016C…

What is the average rent in Hendon & Docks?

The estimated median monthly rent in Hendon & Docks is £695. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Hendon & Docks a safe place to live?

Hendon & Docks has a safety score of 11/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Hendon & Docks?

39% of schools within 2 km of Hendon & Docks are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Hendon & Docks?

Public-transport commute time from Hendon & Docks to central London is approximately 226 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Hendon & Docks different from the rest of Sunderland?

Hendon & Docks contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Hendon & Docks rank in Sunderland?

Hendon & Docks scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Sunderland, see the Cities table on the Sunderland page.

Neighbourhood · Sunderland · North East

Hendon & Docks

Sunderland 016 · 6 sub-areas · 8,639 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Solo renters (78/100)Watch-out: Families (43/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartile

Hendon & Docks is a mid-density neighbourhood of Sunderland in the North East region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services. The rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.

Median rent

£695+4.0%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

198.7

Bottom quartile

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

112 min

Direct to Leeds

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

39%

13 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

85/100

Top quartile

Population

8,639

6 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Hendon & Docks?

A snapshot of Hendon & Docks

Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £695 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Hendon & Docks in Sunderland

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £695 a month — 37% below the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band A.

Median rentCouncil area

£695/mo

Up 4.0% on last year

−£405 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£819/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £1,487/yr · £124/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

1.5 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−70% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £637/mo · £319/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£515/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£637/mo£319/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£759/mo£253/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£1,066/mo£267/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£599/mo

Terraced house£711/mo

Semi-detached£720/mo

Detached house£1,035/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

35%

of take-home

£695/mo per person · take-home £1,973/moTight but workable

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

16%

of take-home

£319/mo per person · take-home £1,973/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

13%

of take-home

£253/mo per person · take-home £1,973/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

18%

of take-home

£348/mo per person · take-home £1,973/moComfortable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£447/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£84,975

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£144,5814.1% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£447/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)9.0%

Years to save 10% deposit1.5 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,197/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,197/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£1,487/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B5%

Households in fuel poverty17.7%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Hendon & Docks?

Safety scores 11/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 2.0× the national average (198.7 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

198.7

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 18 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

11/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

1/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

71.7 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

16.2 /1k

Public order

11.3 /1k

Vehicle crime

7.1 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

21.4 /1k

Burglary

15.4 /1k

Other theft

13.8 /1k

Shoplifting

4.8 /1k

Drugs

8.9 /1k

Theft from the person

3.8 /1k

Possession of weapons

2.2 /1k

Robbery

2.9 /1k

Bicycle theft

3.1 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Hendon & Docks

Strong transport links — 90/100; nearest rail station is Sunderland at around 1294 m; 104 bus stops within five minutes' walk; Leeds is reachable in 112 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

90/100

Best 10%

Best hub commute

112 min

Direct to Leeds

WFH share

18%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

Sunderland

1.3 km walk · 112 min to Leeds

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Park Lane

1.1 km walk · Tyne & Wear Metro

Where you can get to from SunderlandClosest: Newcastle in 26 min

From your nearest station

Sunderland

Northern / Tyne & Wear Metro

Newcastleevery 30 min
26 min
Hartlepool
30 min
Durham↦ 1 change
50 min
Middlesbroughhourly
1 hr
York↦ 1 change
1 hr 25 min
Edinburgh Waverley↦ 1 change
1 hr 50 min
Leeds↦ 1 change
2 hr 10 min
Manchester Piccadilly↦ 2 changes
2 hr 55 min
London King's Cross↦ 1 change
3 hr 20 min

Typical fastest journey times from published National Rail timetables. Times are walking-time-from-MSOA-centroid agnostic — they start the moment the train leaves the platform.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: Leeds in 112 min

London

226 min

Manchesterapprox

164 min

Birminghamapprox

204 min

Leedsapprox

112 min

Liverpoolapprox

205 min

Bristolapprox

321 min

Sheffieldapprox

138 min

Edinburghapprox

122 min

Glasgowapprox

194 min

Cardiffapprox

357 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)18% work from home

Drive50%Public transport13%Walk / cycle12%Work from home18%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area100%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Hendon & Docks

13 schools within a 2 km radius; around 39% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Fulwell Junior School, is around 3434 m away.

School scoreHow? →

69/100

Above median

Schools within 2 km

5 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

39%

Of all schools within 2 km

−30.8 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Fulwell Junior School

3.4 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Hudson Road Primary School	Community School	Good	444 m
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy	Academy Converter	Good	1.3 km
Consilium Evolve	Academy Alternative Provision Converter	Good	1.4 km
Thornhill Academy	Academy Sponsor Led	Good	1.4 km
Hill View Infant Academy	Academy Converter	Good	1.8 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Hendon & Docks?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants5≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety4≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas1≤ 2 km
Theatres2≤ 2 km
Museums3≤ 2 km
Galleries3≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks1≤ 500 m
Playgrounds2≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)104≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)104≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Hendon & Docks right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

43/100

Mixed

Schools (39% Good+ within 2 km) and the family-age share fall below what most parents look for here.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

67/100

Good fit

Transport scores 90/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

70/100

Good fit

Liveability 85/100, safety 11/100 and median rent at £695/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

68/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~381 m, hospital ~1.3 km), greenspace is walkable, and 17% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

74/100

Good fit

Gross yield 9.0%, capital growth +4.1% YoY, 35% private-rented stock — strong tenant pool with reasonable demand and supply balance.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

78/100

Great fit

Private-rental stock is deep (35% PRS), 50% of households are single-person, with transit a short walk away.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: active rental market (35% privately rented), 20% degree-educated, below the national average.

Age profile

Under 1820%18–3421%35–4920%50–6422%65+17%

Tenure

Owned32%Private rent35%Social rent26%

Households

One person50%Couple with children11%Lone parent14%Other5%

Property types

Flat29%Terraced44%Semi-detached10%Detached7%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 21/100

Ethnic group

White88%Asian6%Black2%Mixed1%Other1%

Country of birth

UK-born89%Born outside UK11%

Religion

Christian42%Muslim5%No religion43%Other2%

Education and health20% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)19.9%−13.6 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications31.8%

Self-rated good or very good health68.0%

Self-rated bad or very bad health12.2%

Disabled (Equality Act)28.1%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.43 jobs per resident); median resident salary £27,989/year; 3.8% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£27,989/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

13.4%

ONS ILO method — 48% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

130,000

0.43 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 13.4% · 48% economically active · 52% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 13.4% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed42%Unemployed6%Inactive52%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 3.8% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

17.8%

Retail & hospitality

18.5%

Education

8.9%

Manufacturing

16.5%

Professional

3.1%

Construction

5.3%

Tech & ICT

1.9%

Finance

3.1%

Net commute flow: +116,704 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Hendon & Docks

6 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Sunderland 016B	£695	99	34	97	View →
Sunderland 016E	£695	85	18	85	View →
Sunderland 016F	£695	85	0	97	View →
Sunderland 016D	£695	85	3	89	View →
Sunderland 016C	£695	85	7	90	View →
Sunderland 016A	£695	85	15	90	View →

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Hendon & Docks?: The median monthly rent across Hendon & Docks is £695.
How safe is Hendon & Docks?: Hendon & Docks has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Hendon & Docks?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 16 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Hendon & Docks?: There are 13 schools within 2 km of Hendon & Docks, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 3550 m away.
What is the council tax band in Hendon & Docks?: The most common council tax band in Hendon & Docks is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,487. Council tax is set by Sunderland council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Hendon & Docks to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Hendon & Docks to central London is approximately 226 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Hendon & Docks?: 100% of premises in Hendon & Docks are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Hendon & Docks?: Hendon & Docks sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Hendon & Docks?: 32% of households in Hendon & Docks are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Hendon & Docks?: The average property price across Sunderland (the local authority covering Hendon & Docks) is approximately £144,581, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Hendon & Docks a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.43 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £27,989.)
Which local areas are part of Hendon & Docks?: Hendon & Docks contains 6 local areas: Sunderland 016B, Sunderland 016E, Sunderland 016F, Sunderland 016D, Sunderland 016C…

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What is the average rent in Hendon & Docks?: The estimated median monthly rent in Hendon & Docks is £695. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Hendon & Docks a safe place to live?: Hendon & Docks has a safety score of 11/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Hendon & Docks?: 39% of schools within 2 km of Hendon & Docks are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Hendon & Docks?: Public-transport commute time from Hendon & Docks to central London is approximately 226 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Hendon & Docks different from the rest of Sunderland?: Hendon & Docks contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Hendon & Docks rank in Sunderland?: Hendon & Docks scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Sunderland, see the Cities table on the Sunderland page.

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