Housing in NE38 7TU
What the homes in NE38 7TU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Washington Town Centre & Biddick
- Council
- Sunderland
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,282 (2024)
NE38 7TUWashington
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (32.8%). Flats make up 11.7%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
67.4% of households in the NE38 7TU area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 12% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 46.3% own outright and 21.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented12%20.5%
- Social rented20.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 36.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a family all aged 66 or over (21.1%). 16.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Sunderland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Sunderland (August 2026, +4.6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NE38 7TU (Washington Town Centre & Biddick) (about 1,282 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.