NE16 5EG

Stanley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Stanley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE16 5EJ 285 m
NE16 5EQ 503 m
DH9 0RW 746 m
DH9 0RN 939 m
DH9 0RP 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 5EG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 5
Latitude
54.899353
Longitude
-1.677746
British National Grid easting
420,765
British National Grid northing
556,116

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Stanley · E05016195
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104836
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 004C · E01020663
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 004 · E02004299

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Causey Old School, 2, Marley Hill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EG 24 September 2021 £750,000
Mount Cottage, Marley Hill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EG 26 June 2017 £405,000
Causey Old School, 1, Marley Hill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EG 25 April 2014 £312,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
18
Secondary
3
  1. Shield Row Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.4 km
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Beamish Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Anti social behaviour 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.7
NE16 5 residents
10,309

Age bands in NE16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,618 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

869 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

2,165 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,777 residents

Age 65 and over
30.4%

3,251 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE16 5 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

4

within 5 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    2.6 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    3.5 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.6 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    4.1 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

  • Causey Arch Inn

    BCT · Causey

    0.1 miles
  • Causey Arch Country Park

    BCT · Causey

    0.1 miles
  • Causey Arch Country Park

    BCT · Causey

    0.1 miles
  • Causey Arch Inn

    BCT · Causey

    0.1 miles
  • Causey Bridge End

    BCT · Causey

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 004C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,948 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE16 5EG. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Shield Row Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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