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Wearside Sunderland Built-up area | |
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 Sunderland Built-up area's sub divisions | |
| Coordinates:54°54′14″N1°22′52″W / 54.90389°N 1.38111°W /54.90389; -1.38111 | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | North East |
| Sub divisions | |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 335,415 |
| Demonym(s) | Mackem Wearsider |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Wearside (/ˈwɪərsaɪd/) is abuilt-up area inCounty Durham andTyne and Wear, England. It is named after theRiver Wear which flows through it and traditionally all in theCounty of Durham.
In the 2011 census, its official name was theSunderland Built-up area sinceSunderland is its largest part, the urban area extends to the surroundingCity of Sunderland district, small parts ofCounty Durham district and a small part of theMetropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Notable towns in the urban area includeBirtley,Chester le Street,Hetton le Hole,Houghton le Spring andWashington.
Like other parts of the North East, Wearside and Sunderland were economically structured by theprimary andsecondary sector of the economy; with a great deal of the economy once dependent onship building atSunderland Docks andcoal mining with large collieries such asMonkwearmouth Colliery, which declined rapidly during the mid 20th century, many areas have long been deprived with vast areas of unemployment as a result. The city of Sunderland and parts of Wearside have been slowly rejuvenated over the years and industry is now largely based around call centres, although many areas such asEasington Colliery still face social problems today.
Serving Wearside, theSunderland Echo newspaper is sold throughout the area and online. Local commercial radio is broadcast by 103.4Sun FM for Wearside and 107Spark FM for the City of Sunderland.
TheWearside Football League is one of the levels in the English football league system and contains amateur teams such asEasington Colliery A.F.C. andSeaham Red Star F.C. The only professional football team located in the area isSunderland A.F.C., ateam based inSunderland.
According to the ONS definition the Wearside Built-up area (previously "Urban area") had the following subdivisions. Note that these are "Built-up areas subdivisions" as defined by theOffice for National Statistics and will have different boundaries from the settlements after which they are named.[2]
| # | Sub-area name | Population (2011) |
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| 1 | Sunderland | 174,286 |
| 2 | Washington | 67,085 |
| 3 | Chester-le-Street | 37,164 |
| 4 | Houghton-le-Spring | 13,863 |
| 5 | Hetton-le-Hole | 12,127 |
| 6 | Birtley | 8,367 |
| 7 | Fence Houses | 6,649 |
| 8 | Ouston | 5,303 |
| 9 | Pelton | 5,278 |
| 10 | Whitburn | 5,102 |
| 11 | South Hetton | 3,032 |
| 12 | Bournmoor | 2,082 |
| 13 | Springwell | 2,074 |
| 14 | Whitehill | 1,370 |
| – | Total | 335,415 |
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