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 250-300 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH4 4XU Houghton 54.85752500 -1.48118800
DH4 4XW Houghton 54.85845900 -1.48318500
DH4 4XX Houghton 54.85928500 -1.48287900
DH4 4XY Houghton 54.85903500 -1.48132400
DH4 4XZ Houghton 54.85747600 -1.48240300
DH4 4YA Houghton 54.85912700 -1.48179000
DH4 4YB Houghton 54.85845700 -1.48058400
DH4 4ZH Copt Hill 54.86292000 -1.48826700
DH4 4ZJ Copt Hill 54.86372200 -1.48881800
DH4 4ZL Copt Hill 54.86315700 -1.48913600
DH4 5AA Houghton 54.85138600 -1.48515800
DH4 5AB Houghton 54.85231400 -1.48576900
DH4 5AD Houghton 54.84402500 -1.47234400
DH4 5AE Houghton 54.85236400 -1.48684300
DH4 5AF Houghton 54.84349500 -1.47242900
DH4 5AG Houghton 54.84418100 -1.47307400
DH4 5AH Houghton 54.84521600 -1.47347900
DH4 5AJ Houghton 54.84563800 -1.47327300
DH4 5AL Houghton 54.84595900 -1.47280200
DH4 5AN Houghton 54.85004400 -1.48241800
DH4 5AQ Houghton 54.84545100 -1.47361800
DH4 5AR Houghton 54.84321800 -1.47263500
DH4 5AS Houghton 54.84283200 -1.47073800
DH4 5AT Houghton 54.84299400 -1.47285600
DH4 5AU Houghton 54.84307800 -1.47357100
DH4 5AW Houghton 54.84425100 -1.47255700
DH4 5AX Houghton 54.84279200 -1.47396400
DH4 5AY Houghton 54.84274900 -1.47441700
DH4 5AZ Houghton 54.84323300 -1.47405200
DH4 5BA Houghton 54.84332700 -1.47498500
DH4 5BB Houghton 54.84287000 -1.47525600
DH4 5BD Houghton 54.84269200 -1.47580300
DH4 5BE Houghton 54.84251000 -1.47524200
DH4 5BG Houghton 54.84258600 -1.47625600
DH4 5BH Houghton 54.84162900 -1.47506700
DH4 5BP Houghton 54.84140600 -1.47966600
DH4 5BQ Houghton 54.84199200 -1.47592100
DH4 5BW Houghton 54.84123700 -1.47814200
DH4 5DA Houghton 54.84089500 -1.47792900
DH4 5DB Houghton 54.84091300 -1.48006200
DH4 5DD Houghton 54.84203300 -1.47925300
DH4 5DE Houghton 54.84187500 -1.48018900
DH4 5DF Houghton 54.84229700 -1.48001300
DH4 5DG Houghton 54.84251400 -1.48030600
DH4 5DH Houghton 54.84259700 -1.48296700
DH4 5DJ Houghton 54.84235100 -1.48213000
DH4 5DL Houghton 54.84375000 -1.48569300
DH4 5DN Houghton 54.84307000 -1.48431600
DH4 5DP Houghton 54.84314100 -1.48185500
DH4 5DQ Houghton 54.84287500 -1.47860400
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