Houghton South & Hetton Downs ward, Sunderland

Houghton South & Hetton Downs is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,561 residents in 4,713 households — 1,015 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,561council ward average 10,967

Households4,7132.24 residents per household

Density1,015/ km²about 10.41 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+22.1%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 18.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 571

5–96.0% · 634

10–156.6% · 699

16–193.8% · 400

20–245.0% · 529

25–3413.0% · 1,371

35–4917.2% · 1,815

50–6421.0% · 2,217

65–7411.1% · 1,171

75–848.0% · 841

85+3.1% · 324

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.4% · 1,246

1 car or van41.4% · 1,949

2 cars or vans25.0% · 1,180

3 or more7.2% · 338

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.3% · 1,568

With mortgage28.3% · 1,332

Shared ownership0.6% · 30

Social rented25.7% · 1,212

Private rented12.1% · 569

Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house20.3% · 958

Semi-detached house44.8% · 2,114

Terraced house30.6% · 1,442

Purpose-built flat3.3% · 155

Converted house0.4% · 20

Other conversion0.2% · 8

Above shop / office0.4% · 18

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016383
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 22 of 25

Parishes in the ward

HettonWarden Law

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.