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Electoral wardE05016375

Doxford Park ward, Sunderland

Doxford Park is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,660 residents in 4,148 households — 1,120 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 20219,660council ward average 10,967
Households4,1482.33 residents per household
Density1,120/ km²about 8.62 km² · Sunderland 1,995
Aged 65+20.9%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 487
5–95.2% · 500
10–156.0% · 576
16–194.3% · 417
20–244.6% · 449
25–3412.0% · 1,160
35–4917.7% · 1,712
50–6424.3% · 2,345
65–7412.1% · 1,165
75–846.4% · 615
85+2.4% · 236

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.8% · 864
1 car or van39.6% · 1,643
2 cars or vans29.9% · 1,240
3 or more9.7% · 404
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.1% · 1,455
With mortgage33.1% · 1,374
Shared ownership0.8% · 34
Social rented21.7% · 902
Private rented9.2% · 382
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house28.3% · 1,175
Semi-detached house49.3% · 2,045
Terraced house9.6% · 398
Purpose-built flat12.1% · 501
Converted house0.5% · 22
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016375
Region
North East
Density rank in council
20 of 25

Parishes in the ward

Burdon

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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.