Electoral wardE05016381
Hetton ward, Sunderland
Hetton is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,340 residents in 4,697 households — 844 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202110,340council ward average 10,967
Households4,6972.2 residents per household
Density844/ km²about 12.26 km² · Sunderland 1,995
Aged 65+20.6%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 571
5–96.3% · 648
10–157.0% · 725
16–193.9% · 404
20–245.0% · 521
25–3413.6% · 1,407
35–4917.1% · 1,765
50–6421.0% · 2,170
65–7411.5% · 1,194
75–846.9% · 718
85+2.1% · 217
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.9% · 1,357
1 car or van41.8% · 1,964
2 cars or vans23.0% · 1,083
3 or more6.3% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sunderland overall: 58.1% owned, 26.6% social rented, 14.8% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 1,400
With mortgage27.1% · 1,272
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented28.4% · 1,334
Private rented14.3% · 669
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house14.1% · 664
Semi-detached house39.1% · 1,838
Terraced house41.2% · 1,935
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 161
Converted house0.3% · 16
Other conversion0.4% · 19
Above shop / office0.3% · 16
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 49
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016381- Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Region
- North East
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 25
Parishes in the ward
Hetton
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.