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DH5 8HS

Houghton South & Hetton Downs · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Ward
Houghton South & Hetton Downs
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH5 8HU 104 m
DH5 8HT 115 m
DH5 8HR 175 m
DH5 8QA 175 m
DH5 8HL 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 8HS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 8
Latitude
54.835497
Longitude
-1.458083
British National Grid easting
434,907
British National Grid northing
549,097

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Houghton South & Hetton Downs · E05016383
Parish or community
E43000178
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044267
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 034C · E01008716
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 034 · E02001824

Postcode source versions

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Property

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39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
30, Leeholme, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8HS 10 October 2025 £91,000
44, Leeholme, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8HS 10 February 2023 £119,000
38, Leeholme, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8HS 14 January 2022 £115,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
3

  1. Gillas Lane Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    380 m

  2. Eppleton Academy Primary School

    Academy converter

    582 m

  3. Bernard Gilpin Primary School

    Community school

    772 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,339
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 392
  • Anti social behaviour 185
  • Shoplifting 161
  • Criminal damage and arson 134
  • Burglary 118

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

20 female, 19 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
1.9
DH5 8 residents
6,241

Age bands in DH5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,179 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

609 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

1,516 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

1,639 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

1,272 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH5 8 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

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    966 m

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    1.3 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    1.7 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    3.7 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.1 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A89030

    4.2 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code A89028

    4.3 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    5.0 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

  • Gillas Lane-Dunkirk Avenue

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Gillas Lane-Dene Gardens

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Gillas Lane East

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Hall Lane Estate Gillas Lane

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles

  • Gillas Lane East

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 034C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,981 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
10 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
8
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 £115,000 from 3 recorded sales in DH5 8HS. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Gillas Lane Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 380 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,339 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 392 events.

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