| Postcode | DH5 8BJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring |
| Nearest station | Chester-Le-Street (7 km) |
| Bus stops |
Elizabeth Street-Edwin Street (NE)
Lake Road (W)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (S)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (N)
Houghton Cut Slip Road (SW)
Houghton Cut Slip Road (NE)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 40 View |
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
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| Latitude | 54.843306 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.466185 | |
| Easting | 434379 | |
| Northing | 549963 | |
| Grid reference | NZ343499 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 598493 6078432 | |
| what3words | locals.earth.expand | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics slimness twilight | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGVM+8G | |
| Altitude | 74 metres (243 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:43 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.6 KMs (5.3 miles) |
| Parish | Sunderland, unparished area | E43000178 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | Copt Hill | E05001155 | |
| 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 | January 1992 |
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| 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| 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) | E00044254 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00044254 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 034B | E01008715 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 034B | E01008715 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Houghton Town | E02001824 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Houghton Town | E02001824 |
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 |
| Average property price in Durham | £153,583 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 1.0% |