DL13 3JG

Weardale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bishop Auckland
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL13 3BJ 410 m
DL13 3JE 875 m
DL13 3JB 899 m
DL13 3JD 945 m
DL13 3ND 955 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 3JG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 3
Latitude
54.724385
Longitude
-1.861921
British National Grid easting
408,992
British National Grid northing
536,607

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Weardale · E05016200
Parish or community
E04010719
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106108
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 042E · E01020906
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 042 · E02004348

Postcode source versions

Explore DL13

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Scotch Isle Farm, The Barn, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3JG 31 October 2024 £650,000
Scotch Isle Farm, The Barn, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3JG 1 November 2019 £520,000
Scotch Isle Farm, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3JG 1 June 2018 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Wolsingham Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  2. Wolsingham School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km
  3. Tow Law Millennium Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 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 40
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Other theft 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Public order 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
DL13 3 residents
2,987

Age bands in DL13 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

435 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

236 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

507 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

956 residents

Age 65 and over
30.1%

921 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL13 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+
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.

Nearby transport

  • Scotch Isle

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.2 miles
  • Scotch Isle

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.3 miles
  • Lane End

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.5 miles
  • Lane End

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.5 miles
  • East End

    BCT · Wolsingham

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 042E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,907 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £650,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL13 3JG. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wolsingham Primary 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 40 events.

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