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DH5 9RQ

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 6PJ 632 m
DH4 6PL 731 m
DH4 6PP 738 m
DH5 9RH 768 m
DH4 6NN 777 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.812532
Longitude
-1.486056
British National Grid easting
433,129
British National Grid northing
546,528

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
E00044416
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 036B · E01008744
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 036 · E02001826

Postcode source versions

Explore DH5

Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Barn Cottage, West Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RQ 20 October 2023 £580,000
Robin Cottage, West Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RQ 22 October 2020 £405,000
Barn Cottage, West Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RQ 19 January 2007 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
3

  1. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  2. West Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. Hetton Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
345
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 141
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Other theft 25
  • Public order 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH5 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    1.2 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    2.8 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    3.4 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.7 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.9 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    4.0 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Benridge Bank

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.5 miles

  • Benridge Bank

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.5 miles

  • Benridge Bank-The Meadows

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.5 miles

  • Durham Road-Meadows Lane

    BCT · East Rainton

    0.5 miles

  • Moorsley Road-Valley View

    BCT · Low Moorsley

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 036B, 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

6,547 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £580,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH5 9RQ. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. East Rainton Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

345 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.

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