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DL5 6QZ

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Aycliffe South
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 6QF 214 m
DL5 7BD 258 m
DL5 7BE 289 m
DL5 5DE 291 m
DL5 6UR 293 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6QZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.612395
Longitude
-1.588322
British National Grid easting
426,687
British National Grid northing
524,214

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Aycliffe South · E05016154
Parish or community
E04010634
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105800
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063E · E01020846
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
3

  1. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    861 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

  3. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,909
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 751
  • Anti social behaviour 335
  • Criminal damage and arson 238
  • Public order 127
  • Shoplifting 125

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL5 6 residents
4,265

Age bands in DL5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

657 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

408 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

815 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,347 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,116 residents

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

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.0 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.2 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

    COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE

    ODS code A83066

    2.0 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station

    RSE · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station

    RLY · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station

    RSE · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station bus stop

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Northfield Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,682 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 861 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,909 published events cover 12 months, averaging 159.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 751 events.

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