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DH5 9BQ

Houghton South & Hetton Downs · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Houghton South & Hetton Downs
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH5 9BD 58 m
DH5 9EF 77 m
DH5 9BB 146 m
DH5 9BG 164 m
DH5 9FY 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9BQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2001
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.828457
Longitude
-1.447172
British National Grid easting
435,614
British National Grid northing
548,319

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
E04000140
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044278
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 035A · E01008718
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 035 · E02001825

Postcode source versions

Explore DH5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
2

  1. Eppleton Academy Primary School

    Academy converter

    470 m

  2. Gillas Lane Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Hetton Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
933
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 334
  • Anti social behaviour 142
  • Criminal damage and arson 117
  • Burglary 88
  • Public order 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH5 9 residents
7,113

Age bands in DH5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

948 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

668 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,629 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,016 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

1,798 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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    367 m

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    2.0 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    2.7 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    3.9 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.2 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.3 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Lindsay Street

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.0 miles

  • Lindsay Street

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.1 miles

  • Lady Street-High Downs Square

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.1 miles

  • Lady Street-High Downs Square

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.2 miles

  • Church Road

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 035A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,724 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Eppleton Academy Primary School is the nearest published school at 470 m.

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

Recorded crime

933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 334 events.

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