DL17 9EA

Sedgefield · 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 9DZ 537 m
TS21 2BD 581 m
DL17 9DB 836 m
DL17 9BD 907 m
DL17 9BA 929 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 9EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9
Latitude
54.677424
Longitude
-1.470470
British National Grid easting
434,244
British National Grid northing
531,501

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010596
Output area
E00105526
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 054A · E01020796
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 054 · E02004339

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
East House, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, DL17 9EA 19 December 2019 £883,270

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. St Michael's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Fishburn Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
48
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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 0% 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+
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

  • SKERNE MEDICAL GROUP

    HARBINSON HOUSE, FRONT STREET, SEDGEFIELD, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, TS21 3BN

    ODS code A83054

    3.0 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    4.4 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    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

  • Road End

    BCT · Fishburn

    0.3 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Fishburn

    0.3 miles
  • Stonybeck Lane

    BCT · Bishop Middleham

    0.5 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Bishop Middleham

    0.6 miles
  • Stoneybeck

    BCT · Bishop Middleham

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 054A, 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

17,918 of 33,755

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

13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Michael's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

48 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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