Property market
The five-year median is £154,475 from 3,318 recorded sales in DH4. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sunderland is £143,216 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.
DH4
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,224
- Current units
- 965
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 259
Postcode sectors in DH4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,959 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 25, Barnwell View, Herrington Burn, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7FB | 16 July 2026 | £175,000 |
| 22, Langley Street, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4LN | 15 July 2026 | £130,000 |
| 68, Aberford Drive, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 4ZH | 14 July 2026 | £245,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,756
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 893
- Anti social behaviour 411
- Criminal damage and arson 306
- Shoplifting 280
- Public order 184
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DH4 usual residents
- 35,003
- Age-profile population
- 34,791
Age bands in DH4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- 5,688 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 3,547 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- 8,531 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- 9,970 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.3%
- 7,055 residents
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 944 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 890 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 804 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
GRANGEWOOD SURGERY
CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB
ODS code A89028
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN
ODS code A89023
KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE
LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ
ODS code A89021
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP
KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW
ODS code A89030
WEST RAINTON SURGERY
THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ
ODS code A83024
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,756 published events cover 12 months, averaging 230 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 893 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.