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 1300-1350 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH5 9RL Hetton 54.82697700 -1.47631500
DH5 9RN Hetton 54.82552600 -1.47734800
DH5 9RP Hetton 54.81998500 -1.48258700
DH5 9RQ Hetton 54.81252300 -1.48604300
DH5 9RR Hetton 54.82056800 -1.48215900
DH5 9RS Copt Hill 54.82936300 -1.45499200
DH5 9RT Hetton 54.82737500 -1.47685500
DH5 9RW Hetton 54.82011300 -1.48084200
DH5 9RY Hetton 54.82806000 -1.47745300
DH5 9SB Hetton 54.82308800 -1.47885900
DH5 9SD Hetton 54.82512100 -1.47945500
DH5 9SE Hetton 54.82092100 -1.47860600
DH5 9SF Hetton 54.82075600 -1.47990000
DH5 9SG Hetton 54.82135100 -1.48035900
DH5 9SQ Hetton 54.82188500 -1.47926300
DH5 9TA Hetton 54.82605900 -1.48026800
DH3 1RB Washington South 54.90488700 -1.56197200
DH3 1RE Washington West 54.90678600 -1.55806400
NE36 0BB Washington North 54.92910800 -1.48068600
NE37 1AA Washington West 54.91407300 -1.53583800
NE37 1AB Washington West 54.91557300 -1.53561800
NE37 1AD Washington West 54.91438600 -1.53787800
NE37 1AE Washington West 54.91531600 -1.53666600
NE37 1AF Washington West 54.91626200 -1.53724800
NE37 1AG Washington West 54.91538600 -1.53841200
NE37 1AH Washington West 54.91409200 -1.53842700
NE37 1AJ Washington West 54.91318900 -1.53957600
NE37 1AN Washington West 54.91359400 -1.53983700
NE37 1AP Washington West 54.91094300 -1.53520300
NE37 1AQ Washington West 54.91356600 -1.53718500
NE37 1AR Washington West 54.91032900 -1.53678500
NE37 1AS Washington West 54.90979500 -1.53571500
NE37 1AT Washington West 54.90956700 -1.53727800
NE37 1AU Washington West 54.90930200 -1.53608000
NE37 1AW Washington West 54.91063300 -1.53623600
NE37 1AX Washington West 54.90887700 -1.53766000
NE37 1AY Washington West 54.90857500 -1.53635300
NE37 1AZ Washington West 54.90708900 -1.53303300
NE37 1BB Washington West 54.90706600 -1.53192300
NE37 1BD Washington West 54.90701000 -1.53161100
NE37 1BE Washington West 54.90637600 -1.52998400
NE37 1BF Washington West 54.92161900 -1.53976100
NE37 1BG Washington West 54.91169100 -1.53561600
NE37 1BH Washington West 54.90756500 -1.53332000
NE37 1BJ Washington West 54.90773300 -1.53233900
NE37 1BL Washington West 54.90668200 -1.53247600
NE37 1BN Washington West 54.91060400 -1.53102700
NE37 1BP Washington West 54.91034800 -1.53219900
NE37 1BQ Washington West 54.91205700 -1.53509700
NE37 1BS Washington West 54.91147800 -1.53179600
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