Ryhope population

14,000people · latest estimate

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By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · GeoNames

Ryhope has a population of 14,000, making it the 5th largest place in Sunderland.

of 6 in Sunderland

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Sunderland population trends, 2001–2024.

Ryhope in context

4 km

north to Sunderland, the nearest larger town

367,540

people live within 10 km

#941

largest of 6,358 UK places

944

food businesses in Sunderland

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Ryhope sits in postcode district SR2.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Sunderland, the billing authority covering Ryhope, is £2,197 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Ryhope?

The populated place itself holds 14,000 residents. The wider Sunderland council area recorded 288,606 in 2024. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

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Population since 2001

Sunderland, year by year from ONS estimates

Postcode district SR2

Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Sunderland

#	Place	Population
1	Washington	67,085
2	Houghton-Le-Spring	36,746
3	Hetton-Le-Hole	14,402
4	East Rainton	1,213

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