DL5 7HZ

Aycliffe North & Middridge · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Aycliffe
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 7HX 72 m
DL5 7LB 91 m
DL5 7LA 97 m
DL5 7JL 127 m
DL5 7BH 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 7HZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 7
Latitude
54.628925
Longitude
-1.594831
British National Grid easting
426,256
British National Grid northing
526,051

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105625
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 060A · E01020813
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 060 · E02004341

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Elwick Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7HZ 2 May 2024 £217,000
3, Elwick Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7HZ 18 July 2022 £138,000
2, Elwick Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7HZ 8 December 2021 £207,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Byerley Park Primary School

    Community school

    451 m
  2. Walworth School

    Community special school

    521 m
  3. St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    764 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,689
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 726
  • Anti social behaviour 250
  • Criminal damage and arson 203
  • Public order 110
  • Burglary 96

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

29 female, 33 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.4
DL5 7 residents
9,208

Age bands in DL5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,738 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

1,118 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

2,075 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,397 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

1,802 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL5 7 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+
96.3%
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

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    946 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.7 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.9 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Acorn Gardens

    BCT · Middridge

    0.0 miles
  • Acorn Gardens

    BCT · Middridge

    0.0 miles
  • Labour Club

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Labour Club

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Bluebell Way - Alverton Drive

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 060A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,250 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
7
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 £149,950 from 5 recorded sales in DL5 7HZ. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Byerley Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 451 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,689 published events cover 12 months, averaging 140.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 726 events.

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