Map of DH5 8BA postcode

General information
Postcode DH5 8BA
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Chester-Le-Street (7 km)
Bus stops
Elizabeth Street-Edwin Street (NE)
Houghton Cut Slip Road (NE)
Lake Road (E)
Lake Road (W)
Market Place (W)
Market Place (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 27 View
Known addresses
1 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
2 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
4 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
5 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
6 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
7 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
8 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
9 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
10 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
11 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
12 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
13 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
14 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
16 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
17 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
18 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
19 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
20 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
21 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
23 Balfour Street, Houghton Le Spring
Main property type Terraced
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.846141
Longitude -1.465138
Easting 434444
Northing 550279
Grid reference NZ344502
UTM reference 30U 598554 6078749
what3words skins.crowd.lower
Plus code 9C6WRGWM+FW
Altitude 81 metres (266 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:41
Sunset (today) 21:28
Distance away
Distance to sea 8.3 KMs (5.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishSunderland, unparished areaE43000178
Ward Copt Hill E05001155
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
County Tyne and Wear E11000017
Constituency (2024) Houghton and Sunderland South E14001295
MPBridget PhillipsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
Water companyNorthumbrian Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Sunderland
NUTS/ITL 2 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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
Population (2011) 50
Households (2011) 21
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
7,225 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£40,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Houghton-le-SpringE63007258
Census output area (2021)E00044252
Census output area (2011)E00044252
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 032AE01008720
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 032AE01008720
Middle layer super output area (2021)Newbottle & PenshawE02001822
Middle layer super output area (2011)Newbottle & PenshawE02001822
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £146,692
Annual change 1.3%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
16 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringSemi-detached (freehold)Dec 2024£65,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2004£66,950
Semi-detached (freehold)Sep 2002£29,500
Semi-detached (freehold)Jun 2000£26,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Mar 1997£25,000
5 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Dec 2024£55,000
23 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Oct 2024£36,000
Terraced (freehold)Jan 2005£67,000
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2002£22,500
11 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Aug 2024£30,000
Terraced (freehold)Sep 2006£69,500
12 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Apr 2024£62,500
Terraced (freehold)Jan 2008£79,500
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2000£17,500
19 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)May 2022£56,000
Terraced (freehold)May 2004£64,500
Terraced (freehold)Dec 2002£31,950
4 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Jul 2021£55,000
Terraced (freehold)Oct 2006£61,000
Terraced (freehold)Nov 2001£22,000
18 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Dec 2020£35,000
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2002£24,350
7 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)Oct 2020£53,000
Terraced (freehold)Sep 2019£52,500
Terraced (freehold)May 2007£92,000
Terraced (freehold)Sep 2002£12,500
6 Balfour Street, Houghton Le SpringTerraced (freehold)May 2020£54,000
Other (freehold)May 2019£25,000


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