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 1250-1300 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH5 9NJ Hetton 54.82152500 -1.45240500
DH5 9NL Hetton 54.82683500 -1.42694600
DH5 9NN Hetton 54.83079100 -1.47089800
DH5 9NP Hetton 54.83117500 -1.47255900
DH5 9NQ Hetton 54.81852400 -1.45257000
DH5 9NR Hetton 54.83079800 -1.47261000
DH5 9NS Hetton 54.83188900 -1.47556900
DH5 9NT Hetton 54.82271100 -1.45449000
DH5 9NW Hetton 54.83152400 -1.47411100
DH5 9NY Hetton 54.82424700 -1.47881000
DH5 9PD Hetton 54.82958200 -1.47193900
DH5 9PE Hetton 54.82179500 -1.45257000
DH5 9PF Hetton 54.82136200 -1.45207800
DH5 9PG Copt Hill 54.82263200 -1.45290400
DH5 9PH Hetton 54.82338300 -1.45398300
DH5 9PJ Copt Hill 54.82664600 -1.45409500
DH5 9PL Copt Hill 54.82839600 -1.45573700
DH5 9PN Copt Hill 54.82982100 -1.45668000
DH5 9PP Hetton 54.82705300 -1.45482100
DH5 9PQ Copt Hill 54.82444300 -1.45393800
DH5 9PR Hetton 54.82700300 -1.45563100
DH5 9PS Hetton 54.82975400 -1.45799100
DH5 9PT Hetton 54.83120500 -1.45875000
DH5 9PU Hetton 54.83057300 -1.45810500
DH5 9PW Hetton 54.82440000 -1.45432700
DH5 9PX Copt Hill 54.83123200 -1.45691300
DH5 9PY Copt Hill 54.83145500 -1.45653600
DH5 9PZ Copt Hill 54.83169400 -1.45757600
DH5 9QE Copt Hill 54.83119100 -1.45776700
DH5 9QF Hetton 54.82518000 -1.47855100
DH5 9QG Hetton 54.82556900 -1.47688100
DH5 9QH Hetton 54.82265500 -1.47861500
DH5 9QJ Hetton 54.82514500 -1.47872000
DH5 9QL Hetton 54.82473300 -1.47913300
DH5 9QN Hetton 54.82293100 -1.48209800
DH5 9QP Hetton 54.82440500 -1.48016500
DH5 9QQ Hetton 54.82604600 -1.47935000
DH5 9QS Hetton 54.82672500 -1.47834500
DH5 9QT Hetton 54.82462000 -1.48193400
DH5 9QU Hetton 54.82456200 -1.48101900
DH5 9QW Hetton 54.82209500 -1.48419400
DH5 9QX Hetton 54.82275000 -1.48398300
DH5 9QY Hetton 54.82302000 -1.48405800
DH5 9QZ Hetton 54.82228500 -1.48240200
DH5 9RA Hetton 54.82350500 -1.48190400
DH5 9RB Hetton 54.82164300 -1.48343700
DH5 9RD Hetton 54.82229500 -1.48056500
DH5 9RE Hetton 54.82115500 -1.48302300
DH5 9RF Hetton 54.82139700 -1.48496600
DH5 9RJ Hetton 54.82240200 -1.47819800
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