Washington North ward, Sunderland

Washington North is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,652 residents in 4,350 households — 2,172 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 20219,652council ward average 10,967

Households4,3502.22 residents per household

Density2,172/ km²about 4.44 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+22.6%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 18.0%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 524

5–95.6% · 538

10–157.0% · 678

16–194.2% · 401

20–245.3% · 512

25–3412.2% · 1,173

35–4917.2% · 1,662

50–6420.5% · 1,979

65–7412.9% · 1,240

75–847.3% · 708

85+2.4% · 233

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.6% · 1,505

1 car or van39.6% · 1,721

2 cars or vans20.7% · 901

3 or more5.1% · 221

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.1% · 1,356

With mortgage24.1% · 1,048

Shared ownership0.1% · 6

Social rented33.5% · 1,461

Private rented11.1% · 483

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house14.9% · 647

Semi-detached house43.0% · 1,872

Terraced house34.6% · 1,506

Purpose-built flat6.7% · 291

Converted house0.3% · 14

Other conversion0.2% · 9

Above shop / office0.2% · 10

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016395
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 16 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.