DH5 9FZ

Houghton South & Hetton Downs · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Local authority
Sunderland
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH5 9GE 16 m
DH5 9FY 38 m
DH5 9EA 40 m
DH5 9EE 59 m
DH5 9GB 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9FZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.826715
Longitude
-1.447554
British National Grid easting
435,591
British National Grid northing
548,125

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Parish or community
E04000140
Output area
E00170245
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 035B · E01008719
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 035 · E02001825

Postcode source versions

Explore DH5

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Bonica Close, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9FZ 5 July 2021 £136,995
6, Bonica Close, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9FZ 29 June 2021 £110,995
9, Bonica Close, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9FZ 25 June 2021 £194,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Eppleton Academy Primary School

    Academy converter

    620 m
  2. Hetton Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  3. Hetton Lyons Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
917
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 334
  • Anti social behaviour 143
  • Criminal damage and arson 114
  • Burglary 83
  • Public order 64

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.

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 straight-line

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    182 m

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    2.1 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    2.9 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    3.8 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.1 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

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Regent Street

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.1 miles
  • Regent 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

    0.1 miles
  • Lindsay Street

    BCT · Hetton Downs

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 035B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,003 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Eppleton Academy Primary School is the nearest published school at 620 m.

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

Recorded crime

917 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.417 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.