Living in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
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Free Sunderland Area Report
Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Sunderland - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Sunderland cost 4.75 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Sunderland a year earlier: 4.56 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Sunderland over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Sunderland, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Recent sold prices near Sunderland (postcode SR1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60, RIVER VIEW, LOW STREET | £46,400 | Flat | Jul 2026 |
| 30, CHESTER TERRACE | £115,000 | Terraced | Jun 2026 |
| APARTMENT 103, ECHO BUILDING, WEST WEAR STREET | £45,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| 1 - 3, ST THOMAS STREET | £95,000 | Flat | May 2026 |
| FLAT 26, THE MOWBRAY, BOROUGH ROAD | £50,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| APARTMENT 30, RIVER QUARTER, WILLIAM STREET | £100,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| 1, QUAYSIDE HOUSE, HIGH STREET EAST | £44,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
| 80, SOLAR HOUSE, UPPER WALWORTH WAY | £40,000 | Flat | Feb 2026 |
| APARTMENT 46, ECHO BUILDING, WEST WEAR STREET | £42,000 | Flat | Feb 2026 |
| 10, PLANET HOUSE, UPPER MARKET SQUARE | £59,950 | Flat | Jan 2026 |
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.