DL14 6QG

Bishop Auckland · 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
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6JY 69 m
DL14 6JU 111 m
DL14 6QH 114 m
DL14 6QQ 117 m
DL14 6NX 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 6QG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6
Latitude
54.650019
Longitude
-1.686460
British National Grid easting
420,330
British National Grid northing
528,368

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010595
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106128
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 058D · E01020908
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 058 · E02004355

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Irvin Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QG 30 June 2026 £105,000
7, Irvin Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QG 18 September 2024 £117,500
7, Irvin Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QG 16 July 2021 £83,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

    Academy converter

    168 m
  2. St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    310 m
  3. Bishop Barrington Academy

    Academy converter

    322 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,161
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 947
  • Shoplifting 596
  • Anti social behaviour 439
  • Criminal damage and arson 390
  • Public order 225

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

29 female, 26 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.8
DL14 6 residents
11,070

Age bands in DL14 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,008 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,212 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

2,493 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,074 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,679 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL14 6 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 straight-line

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

    THE OLD FIRE HOUSE, WATLING ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6RP

    ODS code A83021

    527 m

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    906 m

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.2 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Irvin Avenue

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.0 miles
  • Irvin Avenue

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • St Wilfrids School

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Lambton Drive - Bowes Grove

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles
  • Lambton Drive - Bowes Grove

    BCT · Bishop Auckland

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 058D, 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

5,150 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
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 £111,250 from 2 recorded sales in DL14 6QG. 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is the nearest published school at 168 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,161 published events cover 12 months, averaging 263.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 947 events.

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