DH5 9NJ

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
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH5 9PF 29 m
DH5 9PE 31 m
DH5 9LZ 48 m
DH5 9JA 86 m
DH5 9EN 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9NJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.821534
Longitude
-1.452418
British National Grid easting
435,283
British National Grid northing
547,546

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Hetton · E05016381
Parish or community
E04000140
Output area
E00044388
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 035C · E01008742
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 035 · E02001825

Postcode source versions

Explore DH5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Post Office, Front Street, Hetton Le Hole, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9NJ 24 June 2025 £150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Hetton Primary School

    Community school

    616 m
  2. Hetton Academy

    Academy converter

    661 m
  3. Hetton Lyons Primary School

    Academy converter

    676 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
944
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 336
  • Anti social behaviour 149
  • Criminal damage and arson 126
  • Burglary 73
  • Public order 67

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

6

within 5 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    475 m

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    2.5 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.1 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    3.6 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    3.6 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.5 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

  • Houghton Road-Caroline Street

    BCT · Hetton-le-Hole

    0.0 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Hetton-le-Hole

    0.0 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Hetton-le-Hole

    0.1 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Hetton-le-Hole

    0.1 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Hetton-le-Hole

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 035C, 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

4,174 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £150,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH5 9NJ. 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hetton Primary School is the nearest published school at 616 m.

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

Recorded crime

944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 336 events.

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