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DH6 2DQ

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 2DH 51 m
DH6 2DF 63 m
DH6 2AB 65 m
DH6 2DE 74 m
DH6 2DG 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 2DQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2001
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 2
Latitude
54.784418
Longitude
-1.415555
British National Grid easting
437,686
British National Grid northing
543,435

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
E00105342
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
24
Primary
18
Secondary
2

  1. South Hetton Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

  3. Elemore Hall School

    Community special school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
180
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Drugs 8
  • Other crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    1.8 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    3.0 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    3.2 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Salters Lane

    BCT · Haswell

    0.1 miles

  • Salters Lane

    BCT · Haswell

    0.1 miles

  • Odd Fellows Arms

    BCT · Haswell

    0.1 miles

  • Odd Fellows Arms

    BCT · Haswell

    0.2 miles

  • Church View

    BCT · Haswell

    0.2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. South Hetton Primary is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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