Pelton · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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Census 2021
18 female, 9 male
1,576 residents
1,032 residents
2,511 residents
3,269 residents
2,432 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH2 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
10
within 5 km
UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS
ODS code A83033
932 m
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
1.9 km
21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ
ODS code A83637
2.7 km
BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL
ODS code A83009
3.0 km
WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ
ODS code A83050
3.3 km
MIDDLE CHARE SURGERY, MIDDLE CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3QD
ODS code A83028
3.3 km
OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH
ODS code A89616
3.4 km
3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB
ODS code A89617
4.4 km
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
4.8 km
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Red Lion
BCT · Ouston
Red Lion
BCT · Ouston
Penhill Close
BCT · Urpeth
Penhill Close
BCT · Urpeth
Institute Terrace
BCT · Perkinsville
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 002B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
4 of 10
Overall England rank
12,919 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
32 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston is the nearest published school at 92 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
719 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 258 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.