DL17 9DQ

Ferryhill · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ferryhill
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 9DH 98 m
DL17 9DG 113 m
DL17 9DJ 134 m
DL17 9DE 151 m
DL17 9DF 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 9DQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9
Latitude
54.680613
Longitude
-1.524541
British National Grid easting
430,755
British National Grid northing
531,831

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Ferryhill · E05016177
Parish or community
E04010628
Output area
E00105587
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053G · E01034506
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
25, Morrison Terrace, Ferryhill, DL17 9DQ 28 July 2023 £58,000
33, Morrison Terrace, Ferryhill, DL17 9DQ 27 July 2023 £53,000
11, Morrison Terrace, Ferryhill, DL17 9DQ 12 August 2022 £63,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Ferryhill Station Primary School

    Community school

    787 m
  2. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
566
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 240
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Anti social behaviour 65
  • Public order 44
  • Shoplifting 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

34 female, 27 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.5
DL17 9 residents
3,792

Age bands in DL17 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

319 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

819 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,073 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

922 residents

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL17 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.3 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.5 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.0 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

  • Morrison Terrace

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.0 miles
  • Morrison Terrace

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.0 miles
  • Mainsforth Road Ends

    BCT · Mainsforth

    0.3 miles
  • Chilton Lane - Trafalger St

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.3 miles
  • Mainsforth Road Ends

    BCT · Mainsforth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053G, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

823 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 £60,500 from 4 recorded sales in DL17 9DQ. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ferryhill Station Primary School is the nearest published school at 787 m.

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

Recorded crime

566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 240 events.

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