Map of DH4 6FA postcode

General information
Postcode DH4 6FA
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Chester-Le-Street (5 km)
Bus stops
Front Street-Fatherly Terrace (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 7 View
Known addresses
2 Oak Tree Rise, Houghton Le Spring
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.836911
Longitude -1.500802
Easting 432161
Northing 549235
Grid reference NZ321492
UTM reference 30U 596286 6077673
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Plus code 9C6WRFPX+QM
Altitude 43 metres (140 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:23
Sunset (today) 16:08
Distance away
Distance to sea 10.8 KMs (6.7 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishSunderland, unparished areaE43000178
Ward Houghton E05001160
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
County Tyne and Wear E11000017
Constituency (2024) Houghton and Sunderland South E14001295
MPBridget PhillipsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
NUTS/ITL 3 Sunderland
NUTS/ITL 2 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced March 2022
Last updated December 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
16,579 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£35,900
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)Fence HousesE63007257
Census output area (2021)E00044449
Census output area (2011)E00044449
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 033AE01008750
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 033AE01008750
Middle layer super output area (2021)Houghton WestE02001823
Middle layer super output area (2011)Houghton WestE02001823
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £154,539
Annual change 2.8%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Oak Tree Rise, Houghton Le SpringDetached (freehold)Jul 2024£489,950
Other (freehold)Aug 2022£125,000


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