DH4 6US

Lumley & West Rainton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 6UT 80 m
DH4 6SG 104 m
DH4 6UR 110 m
DH4 6UP 139 m
DH4 6UU 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 6US
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 6
Latitude
54.810340
Longitude
-1.507866
British National Grid easting
431,729
British National Grid northing
546,274

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010710
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105176
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 027B · E01020726
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 027 · E02004311

Postcode source versions

Explore DH4

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Senhouse Place, West Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6US 27 June 2025 £303,561
6, Senhouse Place, West Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6US 4 June 2025 £269,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
27
Secondary
3
  1. West Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    207 m
  2. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  3. Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
253
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Other theft 21
  • Public order 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH4 6 residents
10,516

Age bands in DH4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,831 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,114 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

2,770 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,871 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

1,961 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

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

7

within 5 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    204 m

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.0 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.0 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.8 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    4.1 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    4.3 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    4.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Former Masons Arms

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Former Masons Arms

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Garage

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Former Masons Arms

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    0.2 miles
  • School Avenue

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 027B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,097 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £286,756 from 2 recorded sales in DH4 6US. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Rainton Primary School is the nearest published school at 207 m.

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

Recorded crime

253 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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