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DH4 5PY

Houghton North · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Ward
Houghton North
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 5PZ 77 m
DH4 5QA 113 m
DH4 5DH 120 m
DH4 5DN 131 m
DH4 5DW 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 5PY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 5
Latitude
54.841902
Longitude
-1.484391
British National Grid easting
433,212
British National Grid northing
549,797

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Houghton North · E05016382
Parish or community
E43000178
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044442
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 034E · E01008749
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 034 · E02001824

Postcode source versions

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Property

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15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Long Acre, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5PY 6 August 2025 £175,000
37, Long Acre, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5PY 13 June 2025 £159,000
1, Long Acre, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5PY 16 December 2024 £173,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
2

  1. Burnside Academy Inspires

    Academy converter

    546 m

  2. Kepier

    Academy converter

    715 m

  3. Dubmire Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    953 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,474
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 448
  • Anti social behaviour 211
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 130
  • Burglary 111

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

20 female, 21 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.2
DH4 5 residents
6,824

Age bands in DH4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,013 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

601 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,610 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,796 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

1,521 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH4 5 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    510 m

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN

    ODS code A89023

    1.0 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    2.6 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

    KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW

    ODS code A89030

    2.9 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

    CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB

    ODS code A89028

    2.9 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

    FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ

    ODS code A89004

    2.9 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ

    ODS code A83024

    3.7 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    3.8 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.

Nearby transport

  • Burn Park Road-Seaburn Drive

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Burn Park Road-Seaburn Drive

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Dairy Lane

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Dairy Lane-Willow Road

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles

  • North View Terrace-Greenbank House

    BCT · Fence Houses

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 034E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,019 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

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.

Flood risk

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.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
11
Low risk addresses
4
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £159,000 from 5 recorded sales in DH4 5PY. 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.

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burnside Academy Inspires is the nearest published school at 546 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,474 published events cover 12 months, averaging 122.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 448 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.