Houghton North ward, Sunderland

Houghton North is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,664 residents in 4,823 households — 2,774 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,664council ward average 10,967

Households4,8232.21 residents per household

Density2,774/ km²about 3.84 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+20.8%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 17.9%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 594

5–95.5% · 589

10–156.8% · 730

16–193.9% · 411

20–244.7% · 504

25–3413.9% · 1,484

35–4917.9% · 1,905

50–6420.9% · 2,233

65–7411.5% · 1,231

75–846.6% · 701

85+2.6% · 281

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.5% · 1,280

1 car or van42.3% · 2,040

2 cars or vans24.9% · 1,199

3 or more6.3% · 304

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.1% · 1,548

With mortgage30.5% · 1,471

Shared ownership0.5% · 23

Social rented24.3% · 1,172

Private rented12.7% · 611

Type of home

Detached house15.3% · 736

Semi-detached house47.3% · 2,284

Terraced house31.1% · 1,502

Purpose-built flat3.8% · 185

Converted house0.5% · 22

Other conversion0.4% · 17

Above shop / office0.5% · 24

Caravan, mobile1.2% · 56

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016382
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 14 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.