Local authority · E08000024
Sunderland
In useSunderland is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E08000024
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 137 km²
- Population
- 288,606Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
185 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
4 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Burdon
- Hetton
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Warden Law
25 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Barnes & Thornhill
- Deptford & Hendon
- Doxford Park
- Farringdon & Silksworth
- Fulwell
- Grangetown
- Grindon & Thorney Close
- Herrington & Newbottle
- Hetton
- Houghton North
- Houghton South & Hetton Downs
- Hylton Castle
- Pallion & Ford
- Pennywell & South Hylton
- Penshaw & Shiney Row
- Redhouse
- Roker
- Ryhope
- Southwick
- Tunstall & Humbledon
- Washington Central
- Washington East
- Washington North
- Washington South
- Washington West
Neighbours
3 local authorities share a border with Sunderland, longest border first.
- County Durham 30.5 km
- South Tyneside 11.9 km
- Gateshead 10.0 km
Data published for it
37 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Sunderland itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E08000024?include=capabilities