| Postcode | DH5 9HL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Houghton le Spring | 
| Nearest station | Seaham (7 km) | 
| Bus stops | Houghton Road-Caroline Street (S) Houghton Road-Woodlea Close (N) The Crescent (S) The Crescent (N) Springwell Terrace (SE) Station Road-Industrial Estate (N) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.820221 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.452171 | |
| Easting | 435299 | |
| Northing | 547401 | |
| Grid reference | NZ352474 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 599450 6075884 | |
| what3words | unions.streaking.arrive | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics shaky trolling | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGCX+34 | |
| Altitude | 93 metres (305 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.5 KMs (5.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Hetton | E04000140 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hetton | E05001159 | 
| 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 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1985 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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) | Hetton-le-Hole | E63007269 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00044396 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Sunderland 035C | E01008742 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Sunderland 035C | E01008742 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hetton-le-Hole North | E02001825 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hetton-le-Hole North | E02001825 | 
| Travel to work area | Sunderland | E30000275 | 
| Average property price in Durham | £153,013 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 5.3% |