Washington West ward, Sunderland

Washington West is one of 25 electoral wards of Sunderland City Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,042 residents in 5,048 households — 1,964 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202111,042council ward average 10,967

Households5,0482.19 residents per household

Density1,964/ km²about 5.62 km² · Sunderland 1,995

Aged 65+22.7%Sunderland: 20.5% · under 16: 15.8%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 447

5–95.0% · 547

10–156.8% · 746

16–193.8% · 421

20–244.6% · 503

25–3411.6% · 1,281

35–4919.7% · 2,171

50–6421.9% · 2,419

65–7415.2% · 1,678

75–846.1% · 675

85+1.3% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.6% · 1,140

1 car or van43.5% · 2,196

2 cars or vans26.9% · 1,358

3 or more7.0% · 352

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.4% · 1,785

With mortgage32.6% · 1,643

Shared ownership0.7% · 35

Social rented19.4% · 978

Private rented11.9% · 600

Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house20.6% · 1,039

Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,834

Terraced house31.0% · 1,564

Purpose-built flat11.3% · 571

Converted house0.4% · 21

Other conversion0.2% · 12

Above shop / office0.2% · 9

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05016397
Council: Sunderland City Council
Region: North East
Density rank in council: 18 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.