SR9 postcode area · Sunderland

The SR9 postcode district spans 3 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Sunderland. Area Scores range from 0 to 77 across them. Every full SR9 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the SR9 district: Herrington & Doxford scores 78 out of 100 (#1,513 of 6,856 nationally) while Hendon & Docks sits at 0 — neighbours on the map, 78 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 1 neighbourhood in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £73,500 in Hendon & Docks to £209,950 in Herrington & Doxford — a 2.9× gap within the SR9 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£30,021a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates

Recorded crime147per 1,000 residents, 12m

Median age (est.)45

Owner-occupied52%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

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Neighbourhood	Nat. rank	Area score	Median price
Herrington & DoxfordSunderland	1,513	78	£209,950
SouthwickSunderland	6,565	4	£113,750
Hendon & DocksSunderland	6,826	0	£73,500

People living in SR9 Census 2021

Residents21,813

Median age (est.)45

Density2,390per km²

No qualifications26%

Degree or above25%

No car or van39%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person 40%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Sales & customer service 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups

Professional	15%
Sales & customer service	12%
Elementary	12%
Associate professional	11%
Caring & leisure	11%
Skilled trades	10%
Process & plant	10%
Administrative	10%
Managers & directors	9%

Ethnic group

White 93%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around SR9.

SR2 SR1 SR4 SR43 SR3 SR5 SR6 NE36

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.