Sunniside is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, which is located around 5.5 miles (9 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne.

There have been a lot of private housing developments in the village of Sunniside, between 2017 and 2021, leading to increases in population and traffic.

[1][2][3] A total of 2.6% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group in Whickham South and Sunniside.

[6] As of September 2020[update], the ward is served by three councillors: John McClury, Jonathan Charles Wallace and Marilynn Ord.

[7] The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Gateshead Central and Whickham, and is served by Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), Mark Ferguson.