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 350-400 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH4 5JN Houghton 54.85131200 -1.48662500
DH4 5JQ Houghton 54.85110600 -1.48262500
DH4 5JU Houghton 54.85252900 -1.48766600
DH4 5JW Houghton 54.85057100 -1.48375300
DH4 5JX Houghton 54.85169200 -1.48520000
DH4 5JY Houghton 54.85186100 -1.48912600
DH4 5JZ Houghton 54.85047500 -1.48866000
DH4 5LA Houghton 54.84917200 -1.48652800
DH4 5LB Houghton 54.84864300 -1.48449400
DH4 5LD Houghton 54.84922800 -1.48260200
DH4 5LE Houghton 54.85166200 -1.48872300
DH4 5LF Houghton 54.85086400 -1.48926300
DH4 5LG Houghton 54.85094800 -1.48781300
DH4 5LH Houghton 54.85050000 -1.48609000
DH4 5LJ Houghton 54.85015800 -1.48586100
DH4 5LL Houghton 54.84972100 -1.48656700
DH4 5LN Houghton 54.84925200 -1.48414400
DH4 5LP Houghton 54.84959100 -1.48361000
DH4 5LQ Houghton 54.85043500 -1.48755500
DH4 5LR Houghton 54.84848900 -1.48647400
DH4 5LS Houghton 54.84813700 -1.48601100
DH4 5LW Houghton 54.85016100 -1.48444400
DH4 5NA Houghton 54.84447300 -1.49753500
DH4 5NB Houghton 54.84425600 -1.49711700
DH4 5ND Houghton 54.84738800 -1.49614300
DH4 5NE Houghton 54.84367100 -1.49687500
DH4 5NF Houghton 54.84326300 -1.49608600
DH4 5NG Houghton 54.84414200 -1.49333400
DH4 5NH Houghton 54.84930100 -1.49568400
DH4 5NJ Houghton 54.84484400 -1.49580100
DH4 5NL Hetton 54.83348100 -1.49050700
DH4 5NN Houghton 54.84101100 -1.49264200
DH4 5NP Houghton 54.84117500 -1.49086400
DH4 5NQ Houghton 54.84933400 -1.49524500
DH4 5NR Houghton 54.84039800 -1.48994000
DH4 5NS Houghton 54.84048400 -1.49113800
DH4 5NT Houghton 54.83953600 -1.49231700
DH4 5NU Houghton 54.84002800 -1.49165700
DH4 5NW Houghton 54.84163900 -1.49015800
DH4 5NX Houghton 54.84121100 -1.49310600
DH4 5NY Houghton 54.84465700 -1.49418400
DH4 5PA Houghton 54.84150300 -1.49428600
DH4 5PB Houghton 54.84214900 -1.49390400
DH4 5PD Houghton 54.84198200 -1.49273800
DH4 5PE Houghton 54.84280700 -1.49001900
DH4 5PF Houghton 54.84251800 -1.49200000
DH4 5PG Houghton 54.84338800 -1.49158400
DH4 5PH Hetton 54.83485300 -1.48130700
DH4 5PJ Houghton 54.84214000 -1.48965300
DH4 5PL Houghton 54.85115000 -1.49531500
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