DH6 3RT

Thornley & Wheatley Hill · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Durham
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 3RU 61 m
DH6 3RS 97 m
DH6 3SB 105 m
DH6 3RN 120 m
DH6 3SD 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 3RT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 3
Latitude
54.741488
Longitude
-1.422821
British National Grid easting
437,258
British National Grid northing
538,654

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010712
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105494
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 040C · E01020790
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 040 · E02004331

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Jack Lawson Terrace, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3RT 28 January 2025 £71,000
37, Jack Lawson Terrace, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3RT 9 August 2024 £95,000
10, Jack Lawson Terrace, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3RT 20 December 2023 £73,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Wheatley Hill Community Primary School

    Community school

    235 m
  2. St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley

    Academy converter

    525 m
  3. Thornley Academy

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
800
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 223
  • Criminal damage and arson 171
  • Shoplifting 109
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Other theft 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

42 female, 30 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.5
DH6 3 residents
5,684

Age bands in DH6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

921 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

571 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,402 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,597 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,198 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH6 3 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

4

within 5 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    3.1 km

  • EAST DURHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    THE CARADOC SURGERY, FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ

    ODS code A83057

    3.3 km

  • WINGATE MEDICAL PRACTICE INTRAHEALTH

    FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ

    ODS code A83610

    3.3 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    3.4 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

  • Henderson Avenue

    BCT · Wheatley Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Henderson Avenue

    BCT · Wheatley Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Stoker Crescent

    BCT · Wheatley Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Stoker Crescent

    BCT · Wheatley Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Quilstyle Road

    BCT · Wheatley Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 040C, 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

4,828 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 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
1
Low risk addresses
2
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 £74,000 from 8 recorded sales in DH6 3RT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Wheatley Hill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 235 m.

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

Recorded crime

800 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 223 events.

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