| Postcode | DH4 4DZ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Houghton Road-Coaley Lane (S) Houghton Road-Coaley Lane (N) Houghton Road-Mowbray Terrace (S) Front Street (W) Front Street (E) South Street (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 20 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 54.853375 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.477314 | |
| Easting | 433656 | |
| Northing | 551078 | |
| Grid reference | NZ336510 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 597754 6079537 | |
| what3words | spine.goes.hers | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics spearfish uncurled | |
| Plus code | 9C6WVG3F+93 | |
| Altitude | 79 metres (258 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.5 KMs (5.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Sunderland, unparished area | E43000178 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Houghton | E05001160 | 
| Metropolitan District | Sunderland | E08000024 | 
| County | Tyne and Wear | E11000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Houghton and Sunderland South | E14001295 | 
| MP | Bridget Phillipson | Labour | 
| Police force | Northumbria | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Sunderland | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | March 2018 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban major conurbation | |
| Built up area (2024) | Houghton-le-Spring | E63007258 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00044458 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 033D | E01008753 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 033D | E01008753 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Houghton West | E02001823 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Houghton West | E02001823 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |