Washington South ward, Sunderland

Washington South is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,906 residents in 5,434 households — 1,454 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202112,906council ward average 10,967

Households5,4342.38 residents per household

Density1,454/ km²about 8.88 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+22.7%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 17.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 572

5–95.8% · 750

10–157.2% · 934

16–193.8% · 492

20–244.3% · 557

25–3410.7% · 1,381

35–4918.9% · 2,438

50–6422.1% · 2,853

65–7414.3% · 1,840

75–846.6% · 851

85+1.8% · 238

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.5% · 844

1 car or van38.3% · 2,081

2 cars or vans35.5% · 1,930

3 or more10.6% · 578

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.7% · 2,159

With mortgage36.0% · 1,960

Shared ownership0.3% · 19

Social rented14.7% · 799

Private rented9.2% · 501

Type of home

Detached house43.9% · 2,383

Semi-detached house22.3% · 1,211

Terraced house27.5% · 1,492

Purpose-built flat5.7% · 311

Converted house0.3% · 17

Other conversion0.1% · 5

Above shop / office0.2% · 12

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016396
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 19 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.