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Electoral wardE05016378

Grangetown ward, Sunderland

Grangetown is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,377 residents in 4,971 households — 3,125 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202111,377council ward average 10,967
Households4,9712.29 residents per household
Density3,125/ km²about 3.64 km² · Sunderland 1,995
Aged 65+21.0%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 510
5–95.7% · 648
10–157.4% · 842
16–194.1% · 467
20–244.7% · 540
25–3411.4% · 1,297
35–4918.9% · 2,156
50–6422.3% · 2,533
65–7411.4% · 1,297
75–846.8% · 777
85+2.8% · 314

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.0% · 1,493
1 car or van40.2% · 2,000
2 cars or vans22.9% · 1,139
3 or more6.8% · 340
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.8% · 1,877
With mortgage28.1% · 1,396
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented17.2% · 856
Private rented16.8% · 835

Type of home

Detached house9.9% · 494
Semi-detached house46.1% · 2,289
Terraced house33.0% · 1,639
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 406
Converted house2.2% · 110
Other conversion0.1% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016378
Region
North East
Density rank in council
12 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.