Postcodes in Sunderland District

Facts Checked By Data Team - Written By Mallika Basu - Reviewed By Jonathan Benton

This article covers information about postcodes in Sunderland's local authority district. Sunderland is an administrative area in Tyne and Wear County. Sunderland district is further divided into 25 Wards.

Below is a complete list of Sunderland Postcodes, it has 7087 active postcodes. Sunderland contains approximately 119757 residential properties with a population of about 275501.

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Sunderland Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview


Population 275501
Addresses / Property Count 119757
Active Postcodes 7087
County Tyne and Wear
No Of Wards in Sunderland 25

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Sunderland is a local authority district in Tyne and Wear county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

  • Non-Metropolitan districts
  • Unitary authority areas
  • Metropolitan boroughs
  • London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

  • Parish
  • Wards
  • Cities

Wards in Sunderland

There are 25 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Barnes Castle Copt Hill Doxford Fulwell Hendon Hetton Houghton Millfield Pallion Redhill Ryhope St Anne's St Chad's St Michael's St Peter's Sandhill Shiney Row Silksworth Southwick Washington Central Washington East Washington North Washington South Washington West

View Map Of Sunderland Wards


This map shows all wards in the district of Sunderland, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.

List of Sunderland postcodes


showing 500-550 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH4 6LH Houghton 54.84065200 -1.50131900
DH4 6LJ Houghton 54.84190200 -1.49927900
DH4 6LL Houghton 54.83742200 -1.50033100
DH4 6LN Houghton 54.84227400 -1.49809100
DH4 6LP Houghton 54.84202200 -1.49592800
DH4 6LQ Houghton 54.84046500 -1.50180400
DH4 6LR Houghton 54.84118500 -1.49561100
DH4 6LS Houghton 54.84144100 -1.49645100
DH4 6LT Houghton 54.84155200 -1.49515700
DH4 6LU Houghton 54.83898800 -1.49441100
DH4 6LW Houghton 54.84218200 -1.49747000
DH4 6LX Houghton 54.83880900 -1.49687100
DH4 6LY Houghton 54.83804100 -1.50016500
DH4 6LZ Houghton 54.83871900 -1.49889800
DH4 6NA Houghton 54.83986100 -1.49706200
DH4 6ND Houghton 54.84040600 -1.49400400
DH4 6NE Houghton 54.83940500 -1.49317600
DH4 6NF Houghton 54.83698600 -1.49926200
DH4 6NG Houghton 54.83762200 -1.49870900
DH4 6NH Houghton 54.85716200 -1.49321800
DH4 6NJ Houghton 54.85724800 -1.49014800
DH4 6NL Houghton 54.83943900 -1.49705200
DH4 6NQ Houghton 54.83693000 -1.49879600
DH4 6NY Houghton 54.85491500 -1.48663900
DH4 6NZ Houghton 54.85426000 -1.48688100
DH4 6PB Houghton 54.83695100 -1.50173600
DH4 6PG Houghton 54.85469600 -1.48801300
DH4 6PJ Hetton 54.81716600 -1.49169500
DH4 6PL Hetton 54.81888000 -1.48896300
DH4 6PS Houghton 54.85384900 -1.48755600
DH4 6PT Houghton 54.83961700 -1.49026100
DH4 6PU Hetton 54.83136200 -1.49520700
DH4 6PX Houghton 54.83601300 -1.49231500
DH4 6RA Houghton 54.84923700 -1.49773800
DH4 6RB Houghton 54.84917400 -1.49772300
DH4 6RD Houghton 54.84946900 -1.49943200
DH4 6SN Houghton 54.83846400 -1.50254200
DH4 6TA Houghton 54.83775200 -1.49771100
DH4 6TB Houghton 54.83851600 -1.49556900
DH4 6TE Houghton 54.83719800 -1.49626800
DH4 6TH Houghton 54.83694800 -1.49664500
DH4 6TQ Houghton 54.83671800 -1.49756600
DH4 6TZ Houghton 54.83871400 -1.49332400
DH4 6UE Houghton 54.83846400 -1.50254200
DH4 6UG Houghton 54.83846400 -1.50254200
DH4 6UJ Houghton 54.83846400 -1.50254200
DH4 6UL Houghton 54.83846400 -1.50254200
DH4 7AA Shiney Row 54.86672100 -1.48177100
DH4 7AB Shiney Row 54.86691200 -1.48232900
DH4 7AD Shiney Row 54.86686000 -1.48281300
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