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DH5 0NU

Hetton · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Ward
Hetton
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH5 0NS 53 m
DH5 0NW 54 m
DH5 0NT 74 m
DH5 0NR 135 m
DH5 0NP 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 0NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 0
Latitude
54.803939
Longitude
-1.431126
British National Grid easting
436,667
British National Grid northing
545,599

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Hetton · E05016381
Parish or community
E04000140
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044420
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 036D · E01008746
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 036 · E02001826

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Shelley Avenue, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0NU 6 June 2024 £45,000
6, Shelley Avenue, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 0NU 23 November 2009 £50,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. Easington Lane Primary School

    Community school

    393 m

  2. South Hetton Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

  3. Hetton Lyons Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
675
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 244
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Other theft 46
  • Other crime 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

24 female, 23 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
3.4
DH5 0 residents
7,881

Age bands in DH5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

1,553 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

818 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

2,143 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

1,963 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,441 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH5 0 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

5

within 5 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

    SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH

    ODS code A83627

    1.4 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    2.6 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 20 WOODS TERRACE EAST, MURTON, SEAHAM, SR7 9AB

    ODS code A83041

    3.4 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.8 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    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.

Nearby transport

  • South Hetton Road-Primary School

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.1 miles

  • South Hetton Road-St Marys Church

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.1 miles

  • Sheriffs Moor Estate

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.1 miles

  • Easington Lane

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.2 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 036D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,480 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 £45,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH5 0NU. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Easington Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 393 m.

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

Recorded crime

675 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 244 events.

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