| Postcode | DH5 9RU |
|---|---|
| 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)
Houghton Road-Cemetery (N)
Springwell Terrace (SE)
|
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
|
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.821126 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.453715 | |
| Easting | 435199 | |
| Northing | 547501 | |
| Grid reference | NZ351475 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 599349 6075982 | |
| what3words | pedicure.hinted.statue | |
| FixPhrase | crunching lyrics shaping tighten | |
| Plus code | 9C6WRGCW+FG | |
| Altitude | 91 metres (298 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:16 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:25 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.6 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 1991 |
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 1995 |
| 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
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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) | Hetton-le-Hole | E63007269 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00044388 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8C3 | |
| 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 |