Housing in SR6 7DF
What the homes in SR6 7DF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Whitburn & Marsden
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,786 (2024)
SR6 7DFSunderland
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (36.9%). Flats make up 15.5%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
65.3% of households in the SR6 7DF area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 9.1% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 40.5% own outright and 24.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned65.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.1%1%
- Private rented9.1%20.5%
- Social rented25.4%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. 40.5% 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 66 or over (25.6%). 16% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in South Tyneside
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in South Tyneside (August 2026, +7.6% 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 SR6 7DF (Whitburn & Marsden) (about 1,786 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.