80.6% of homes and businesses in Sunderland can get full fibre broadband, close to the UK figure of 81%. That's up 18.2 points in a year: 26,362 more premises can now order it. 799 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 141,891 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Sunderland | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 80.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.7% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Sunderland ranks 184th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
10,358 of 144,620 premises in BDUK's records (7.2%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2030.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| DH4 | 91% | 96% | 1% | 950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE36 | 85% | 96% | 3% | 212 |
| NE37 | 94% | 98% | 1% | 530 |
| NE38 | 85% | 94% | 5.1% | 659 |
| SR1 | 47% | 78% | 0.6% | 314 |
| SR2 | 95% | 99% | 0.1% | 860 |
| SR3 | 92% | 97% | 1.7% | 924 |
| SR4 | 90% | 95% | 2.1% | 969 |
| SR5 | 97% | 99% | 0.4% | 969 |
| SR6 | 91% | 99% | 0% | 740 |
| SR7 | 90% | 98% | 1.4% | 853 |
80.6% of premises in Sunderland could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Sunderland went from 62.4% in January 2025 to 80.6% in January 2026: 26,362 more premises.
799 premises in Sunderland (0.6%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 11 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 40% of premises that can get full fibre in Sunderland have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
10,358 premises in Sunderland can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,506 are in a provider's own build plans, 40 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 7,812 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 11 postcode districts we cover for Sunderland, SR5 has the most gigabit coverage (97% on average) and SR1 the least (47%).
100% of premises in Sunderland have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 94.9%.