DH5 9RT

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 9RL 56 m
DH5 9RY 85 m
DH5 9QS 120 m
DH5 9QG 200 m
DH5 9RN 207 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9RT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.827375
Longitude
-1.476855
British National Grid easting
433,708
British National Grid northing
548,184

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Parish or community
E04000140
Output area
E00044422
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 035D · E01008747
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 035 · E02001825

Postcode source versions

Explore DH5

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Willow Dene, East Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RT 28 March 2025 £330,000
16, Willow Dene, East Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RT 24 February 2025 £365,000
10, Willow Dene, East Rainton, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 9RT 12 July 2024 £399,999

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
18
Secondary
2
  1. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    533 m
  2. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton

    Academy converter

    971 m
  3. Kepier

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
448
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 180
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Burglary 46
  • Other theft 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

19 female, 22 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.6% 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+
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

    1.7 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    1.8 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    2.0 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    2.6 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    4.3 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    4.4 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A89030

    4.6 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code A89028

    4.6 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

  • Durham Road-North Street

    BCT · East Rainton

    0.1 miles
  • Durham Road-North Street

    BCT · East Rainton

    0.1 miles
  • Durham Road-Four Lane Ends

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles
  • North Road-Durham Road

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.3 miles
  • Durham Road - South Street

    BCT · East Rainton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 035D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,582 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

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 £347,500 from 4 recorded sales in DH5 9RT. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. East Rainton Primary School is the nearest published school at 533 m.

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

Recorded crime

448 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 180 events.

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