Washington East ward, Sunderland

Washington East is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,980 residents in 4,830 households — 965 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202110,980council ward average 10,967

Households4,8302.27 residents per household

Density965/ km²about 11.37 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+19.7%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 19.8%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 602

5–96.3% · 697

10–157.9% · 871

16–194.6% · 509

20–245.3% · 580

25–3412.0% · 1,317

35–4919.8% · 2,176

50–6418.9% · 2,071

65–7411.6% · 1,269

75–846.0% · 656

85+2.2% · 237

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.9% · 1,634

1 car or van42.6% · 2,054

2 cars or vans18.9% · 914

3 or more4.6% · 222

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.7% · 1,293

With mortgage22.9% · 1,107

Shared ownership0.2% · 9

Social rented32.7% · 1,583

Private rented17.4% · 843

Type of home

Detached house9.8% · 473

Semi-detached house24.3% · 1,175

Terraced house42.7% · 2,063

Purpose-built flat19.6% · 947

Converted house2.5% · 122

Other conversion0.6% · 28

Above shop / office0.5% · 22

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016394
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 23 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.