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DH6 1QD

Pittington & Sherburn · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Pittington & Sherburn
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 1QQ 88 m
DH6 1QE 259 m
DH6 1QF 301 m
DH6 1QG 419 m
DH5 0QX 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 1QD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 1
Latitude
54.791291
Longitude
-1.455688
British National Grid easting
435,099
British National Grid northing
544,179

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Pittington & Sherburn · E05016189
Parish or community
E04010678
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105172
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 027A · E01020725
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 027 · E02004311

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. Elemore Hall School

    Community special school

    11 m

  2. Pittington Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. Easington Lane Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
38
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Other theft 6
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Burglary 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH6 1 residents
6,705

Age bands in DH6 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,075 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

671 residents

Age 25 to 44
24%

1,634 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,981 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

1,445 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
50%
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    3.1 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    3.8 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    3.9 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    4.6 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • School

    BCT · Elemore Hall

    0.5 miles

  • School

    BCT · Elemore Hall

    0.5 miles

  • Elemore Lane-Bramble House

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.7 miles

  • Elemore Lane-Bramble House

    BCT · Easington Lane

    0.7 miles

  • Hillside Farm

    BCT · High Pittington

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 027A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,539 of 33,755

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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Elemore Hall School is the nearest published school at 11 m.

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

Recorded crime

38 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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