Grindon & Thorney Close ward, Sunderland

Grindon & Thorney Close is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,414 residents in 4,811 households — 3,828 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,414council ward average 10,967

Households4,8112.16 residents per household

Density3,828/ km²about 2.72 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+19.5%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 18.1%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 522

5–95.4% · 560

10–157.7% · 806

16–194.5% · 464

20–245.7% · 590

25–3412.9% · 1,346

35–4918.0% · 1,877

50–6421.3% · 2,221

65–7410.2% · 1,058

75–847.0% · 734

85+2.3% · 242

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van38.5% · 1,852

1 car or van39.8% · 1,914

2 cars or vans16.8% · 809

3 or more4.8% · 233

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.7% · 1,236

With mortgage21.4% · 1,031

Shared ownership0.1% · 7

Social rented42.0% · 2,019

Private rented10.7% · 517

Type of home

Detached house9.2% · 442

Semi-detached house66.9% · 3,218

Terraced house8.2% · 396

Purpose-built flat12.8% · 618

Converted house2.1% · 100

Other conversion0.1% · 3

Above shop / office0.7% · 32

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016379
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 6 of 25

Council offices in this ward

CYour Health SunderlandCouncil office · SR3 4EN

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