Housing in SR2 8JS
What the homes in SR2 8JS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hendon & Docks
- Council
- Sunderland
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,415 (2024)
SR2 8JSSunderland
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (65.6%). Flats make up 20.5%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
48.6% of households in the SR2 8JS area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 36% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 27.5% own outright and 21.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned48.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.4%1%
- Private rented36%20.5%
- Social rented15%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 37.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (29.7%). 24.4% 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 SR2 8JS (Hendon & Docks) (about 1,415 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.