Washington Central ward, Sunderland

Washington Central is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,497 residents in 4,663 households — 3,593 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,497council ward average 10,967

Households4,6632.25 residents per household

Density3,593/ km²about 2.92 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+23.3%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 17.7%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 462

5–95.8% · 607

10–157.6% · 794

16–194.6% · 484

20–245.0% · 522

25–3410.8% · 1,132

35–4918.3% · 1,920

50–6420.3% · 2,134

65–7415.1% · 1,588

75–846.6% · 694

85+1.6% · 164

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.0% · 1,398

1 car or van44.2% · 2,061

2 cars or vans21.0% · 979

3 or more4.9% · 228

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.6% · 1,522

With mortgage24.5% · 1,142

Shared ownership0.4% · 19

Social rented30.5% · 1,422

Private rented11.9% · 557

Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house8.8% · 412

Semi-detached house26.9% · 1,254

Terraced house52.3% · 2,436

Purpose-built flat10.6% · 496

Converted house0.7% · 31

Other conversion0.4% · 17

Above shop / office0.3% · 15

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016393
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 7 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.