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DL15 9AT

Willington & Hunwick · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Willington & Hunwick
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL15 0TH 980 m
DL15 9AS 1.1 km
DL15 0TQ 1.1 km
DL15 0TN 1.2 km
DH7 8DN 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 9AT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9
Latitude
54.742255
Longitude
-1.689028
British National Grid easting
420,119
British National Grid northing
538,631

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Willington & Hunwick · E05016202
Parish or community
E04010602
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104958
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 038A · E01020685
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 038 · E02004317

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. Esh Winning Academy

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

  2. The Independent Grammar School:Durham

    Other independent school

    3.2 km

  3. Stanley (Crook) Primary School

    Community school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
DL15 9 residents
8,808

Age bands in DL15 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,489 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

904 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,041 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,488 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

1,834 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL15 9 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    3.6 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    3.9 km

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    4.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oakenshaw Road End

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Oakenshaw Road End

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Terminus

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.7 miles

  • Reservoir

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.8 miles

  • Reservoir

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 038A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,223 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Esh Winning Academy is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 9 events.

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