Map of DH5 8JL postcode

General information
Postcode DH5 8JL
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Seaham (8 km)
Bus stops
Houghton Road-Rainton Bank (NW)
Gillas Lane East (SW)
Gillas Lane East (NE)
Hetton Road-Cemetery (NW)
Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane (SE)
Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 5 View
Known addresses
Cross House Farm, Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.834617
Longitude -1.464338
Easting 434505
Northing 548997
Grid reference NZ345489
UTM reference 30U 598633 6077468
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Plus code 9C6WRGMP+R7
Altitude 71 metres (233 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:21
Sunset (today) 16:10
Distance away
Distance to sea 8.8 KMs (5.5 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, and Tyne and Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated December 2024
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)
24,415 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£36,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Houghton-le-SpringE63007258
Census output area (2021)E00044270
Census output area (2011)E00044270
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 034CE01008716
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 034CE01008716
Middle layer super output area (2021)Houghton TownE02001824
Middle layer super output area (2011)Houghton TownE02001824
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Average property price in Durham £141,788
Annual change -1.4%
View all properties sold in the DH postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Cross House Farm, Hetton Road, Houghton Le SpringDetached (freehold)Jun 2020£267,000
Detached (freehold)May 1998£80,000


View all properties sold in the DH5 8 sector

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