Property market
The five-year median is £150,000 from 1,154 recorded sales in DL13. 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.
DL13
UK postcode district
Part of Bishop Auckland
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,070
- Current units
- 961
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 109
Postcode sectors in DL13
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,053 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Woodland Heights, Woodland, Bishop Auckland, DL13 5RA | 27 July 2026 | £280,000 |
| 9, Chapel Street, Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, DL13 2NB | 24 July 2026 | £130,000 |
| 2, Saunders Villas, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3QB | 22 July 2026 | £220,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 13
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 940
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 365
- Anti social behaviour 141
- Criminal damage and arson 105
- Burglary 83
- Other theft 65
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DL13 usual residents
- 13,578
- Age-profile population
- 13,533
Age bands in DL13
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.2%
- 1,793 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- 1,140 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.7%
- 2,401 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 32.8%
- 4,438 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.8%
- 3,761 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 953 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- 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%
In this district, 718 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 226 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 24 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE
PINFOLD LANE, BUTTERKNOWLE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5NX
ODS code A83060
THE WEARDALE PRACTICE
DALES STREET, STANHOPE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 2XD
ODS code A83035
WOODVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, COCKFIELD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5AF
ODS code A83032
Evidence in context
Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
940 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 365 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.