Electoral wardE05016391

Southwick ward, Sunderland

Southwick is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,311 residents in 4,874 households — 2,881 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,311council ward average 10,967

Households4,8742.12 residents per household

Density2,881/ km²about 3.58 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+20.7%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 18.4%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 572

5–95.7% · 583

10–157.2% · 739

16–194.1% · 425

20–245.1% · 530

25–3412.5% · 1,288

35–4917.5% · 1,803

50–6421.7% · 2,236

65–7411.2% · 1,155

75–846.6% · 676

85+3.0% · 308

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van44.5% · 2,169

1 car or van38.4% · 1,871

2 cars or vans13.9% · 676

3 or more3.2% · 158

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.1% · 1,123

With mortgage18.0% · 879

Shared ownership1.0% · 51

Social rented40.2% · 1,960

Private rented17.5% · 851

Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house5.9% · 285

Semi-detached house40.2% · 1,957

Terraced house40.4% · 1,969

Purpose-built flat10.9% · 532

Converted house1.8% · 87

Other conversion0.3% · 14

Above shop / office0.6% · 27

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016391
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 13 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.