Barnes & Thornhill ward, Sunderland

Barnes & Thornhill is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,175 residents in 5,523 households — 4,769 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202113,175council ward average 10,967

Households5,5232.39 residents per household

Density4,769/ km²about 2.76 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+19.8%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 16.8%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 655

5–95.2% · 688

10–156.6% · 866

16–194.7% · 624

20–247.4% · 980

25–3414.0% · 1,840

35–4918.1% · 2,382

50–6419.2% · 2,534

65–7410.8% · 1,422

75–846.1% · 800

85+2.9% · 381

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 1,527

1 car or van43.5% · 2,402

2 cars or vans22.1% · 1,224

3 or more6.8% · 375

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Sunderland overall: 58.1% owned, 26.6% social rented, 14.8% private rented.

Owned outright37.6% · 2,078

With mortgage30.3% · 1,677

Shared ownership0.2% · 13

Social rented6.9% · 380

Private rented24.9% · 1,375

Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 219

Semi-detached house32.0% · 1,769

Terraced house46.0% · 2,542

Purpose-built flat10.3% · 568

Converted house6.4% · 352

Other conversion0.6% · 32

Above shop / office0.7% · 41

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016373
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 2 of 25

All 25 wards of Sunderland

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.