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 450-500 of 7087 active postcodes in Sunderland
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
DH4 6GG Houghton 54.84710700 -1.49782600
DH4 6GH Houghton 54.85623400 -1.49900600
DH4 6GJ Houghton 54.85660500 -1.50200800
DH4 6GL Houghton 54.85617100 -1.50578300
DH4 6GN Houghton 54.85711000 -1.50242200
DH4 6GP Houghton 54.85722200 -1.50561400
DH4 6GQ Houghton 54.85630200 -1.50042300
DH4 6GR Houghton 54.85614600 -1.50400700
DH4 6GS Houghton 54.85755900 -1.50235400
DH4 6GT Houghton 54.85748500 -1.49952000
DH4 6GU Houghton 54.85746600 -1.50593800
DH4 6GW Houghton 54.84758500 -1.50035900
DH4 6GX Houghton 54.84826600 -1.49979000
DH4 6GY Houghton 54.84806800 -1.49761400
DH4 6GZ Houghton 54.84769900 -1.49749400
DH4 6HL Houghton 54.84259800 -1.50042300
DH4 6HN Houghton 54.84418400 -1.50155300
DH4 6HP Houghton 54.84759000 -1.50601200
DH4 6HR Houghton 54.84639100 -1.50493900
DH4 6HS Houghton 54.84554300 -1.50412400
DH4 6HT Houghton 54.84428100 -1.50102500
DH4 6HU Houghton 54.84350100 -1.49916600
DH4 6HW Houghton 54.84528300 -1.50417400
DH4 6HX Houghton 54.84653600 -1.49855200
DH4 6HY Houghton 54.84746500 -1.50171800
DH4 6HZ Houghton 54.84781800 -1.50456100
DH4 6JA Houghton 54.84642100 -1.50361300
DH4 6JB Houghton 54.84464000 -1.50088100
DH4 6JD Houghton 54.84694600 -1.50228500
DH4 6JE Houghton 54.84624500 -1.50227800
DH4 6JF Houghton 54.84570400 -1.50166200
DH4 6JG Houghton 54.84580800 -1.50074200
DH4 6JH Houghton 54.84494600 -1.49875900
DH4 6JJ Houghton 54.84412900 -1.49890900
DH4 6JL Houghton 54.84544800 -1.49845700
DH4 6JN Houghton 54.84792500 -1.49999700
DH4 6JQ Houghton 54.84554400 -1.49996600
DH4 6JS Houghton 54.84756000 -1.49861700
DH4 6JT Houghton 54.84275400 -1.49909500
DH4 6JU Houghton 54.84530400 -1.50506100
DH4 6JW Houghton 54.84869500 -1.50137600
DH4 6JX Houghton 54.84455100 -1.50315500
DH4 6JY Houghton 54.84465300 -1.50402600
DH4 6JZ Houghton 54.84379300 -1.50246400
DH4 6LA Houghton 54.84257800 -1.50205800
DH4 6LB Houghton 54.84227400 -1.50254500
DH4 6LD Houghton 54.84052300 -1.50278400
DH4 6LE Houghton 54.84037500 -1.50393800
DH4 6LF Houghton 54.83982200 -1.50271500
DH4 6LG Houghton 54.83960800 -1.50306000
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