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DH6 2AA

Easington & Shotton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Easington & Shotton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 2EB 828 m
DH6 2XS 1.1 km
DH6 2EU 1.1 km
DH6 2DA 1.1 km
DH6 2EE 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 2AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 2
Latitude
54.789091
Longitude
-1.434397
British National Grid easting
436,470
British National Grid northing
543,945

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Easington & Shotton · E05016174
Parish or community
E04010639
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105346
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 034D · E01020763
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 034 · E02004326

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
16
Secondary
1

  1. Elemore Hall School

    Community special school

    1.4 km

  2. South Hetton Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

  3. Easington Lane Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
107
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Drugs 9
  • Other crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
DH6 2 residents
9,636

Age bands in DH6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,602 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

997 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,255 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,606 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,658 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH6 2 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

5

within 5 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    2.0 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    4.1 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    4.2 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    4.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • High Fallowfield Farm

    BCT · Haswell

    0.7 miles

  • High Fallowfield Farm

    BCT · Haswell

    0.7 miles

  • Nursery

    BCT · Haswell

    0.8 miles

  • Nursery

    BCT · Haswell

    0.8 miles

  • High Row

    BCT · Haswell

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 034D, 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

4,325 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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

19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools. Elemore Hall School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

107 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

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