Pennywell & South Hylton ward, Sunderland

Pennywell & South Hylton is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,824 residents in 5,099 households — 3,326 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202111,824council ward average 10,967

Households5,0992.32 residents per household

Density3,326/ km²about 3.55 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+17.1%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 20.7%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 719

5–96.5% · 772

10–158.1% · 960

16–194.7% · 550

20–245.0% · 593

25–3413.8% · 1,633

35–4918.3% · 2,164

50–6420.4% · 2,407

65–749.5% · 1,122

75–845.6% · 667

85+2.0% · 239

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.4% · 1,860

1 car or van41.2% · 2,101

2 cars or vans17.8% · 906

3 or more4.6% · 237

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.2% · 1,182

With mortgage23.7% · 1,207

Shared ownership0.1% · 5

Social rented41.4% · 2,112

Private rented11.6% · 590

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house10.5% · 537

Semi-detached house71.4% · 3,638

Terraced house11.6% · 590

Purpose-built flat5.4% · 274

Converted house0.4% · 21

Other conversion0.1% · 5

Above shop / office0.6% · 29

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016386
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 8 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.