Farringdon & Silksworth ward, Sunderland

Farringdon & Silksworth is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,929 residents in 5,364 households — 3,145 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,929council ward average 10,967

Households5,3642.04 residents per household

Density3,145/ km²about 3.48 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+23.7%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 16.2%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 513

5–95.4% · 590

10–156.2% · 673

16–193.5% · 378

20–245.1% · 559

25–3412.8% · 1,396

35–4916.8% · 1,835

50–6422.0% · 2,402

65–7413.1% · 1,433

75–847.4% · 811

85+3.2% · 345

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.9% · 2,030

1 car or van40.9% · 2,193

2 cars or vans16.6% · 888

3 or more4.6% · 246

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.9% · 1,442

With mortgage21.0% · 1,124

Shared ownership0.6% · 33

Social rented37.0% · 1,985

Private rented14.4% · 770

Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house7.2% · 386

Semi-detached house48.8% · 2,618

Terraced house22.5% · 1,204

Purpose-built flat20.1% · 1,077

Converted house0.9% · 49

Other conversion0.0% · 1

Above shop / office0.5% · 25

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016376
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 10 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.