Map of DH5 9BQ postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode DH5 9BQ
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Seaham (7 km)
Bus stops
Lindsay Street (N)
Lady Street-High Downs Square (E)
Regent Street (E)
Lady Street-High Downs Square (W)
Lowdowns Road (E)
Low Downs Road (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.828447
Longitude -1.447159
Easting 435614
Northing 548319
Grid reference NZ356483
UTM reference 30U 599752 6076806
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Plus code 9C6WRHH3+94
Altitude 106 metres (346 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:33
Sunset (today) 21:38
Distance away
Distance to sea 7.9 KMs (4.9 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishHettonE04000140
Ward Copt Hill E05001155
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
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 January 1980
Date usage ended February 2001
Last updated June 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 (2019)
8,648 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£34,700
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Census output area (2021)E00044278
Census output area (2011)E00044278
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 035AE01008718
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 035AE01008718
Middle layer super output area (2021)Hetton-le-Hole NorthE02001825
Middle layer super output area (2011)Hetton-le-Hole NorthE02001825
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £150,498
Annual change 4.8%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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