NE61 3UZ

Ponteland East & Stannington · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Morpeth
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 3XE 113 m
NE61 3XD 116 m
NE61 3XF 124 m
NE61 3XB 147 m
NE61 3UY 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 3UZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 3
Latitude
55.127779
Longitude
-1.799973
British National Grid easting
412,854
British National Grid northing
581,507

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010881
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139823
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 015D · E01027473
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 015 · E02005722

Postcode source versions

Explore NE61

43 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
West House Cottage, Whalton, Morpeth, NE61 3UZ 4 July 2025 £915,000
2, The Garden Houses, Whalton, Morpeth, NE61 3UZ 16 May 2025 £795,000
Foxwood, Whalton, Morpeth, NE61 3UZ 20 November 2024 £725,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    330 m
  2. Belsay Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
63

30 female, 33 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.7
NE61 3 residents
4,716

Age bands in NE61 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

706 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

398 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

902 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

1,447 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

1,293 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE61 3 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.

Nearby transport

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Whalton

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Whalton

    0.1 miles
  • Corner Cottage

    BCT · Ogle

    1.7 miles
  • Corner Cottage

    BCT · Ogle

    1.7 miles
  • Todhills Farm

    BCT · Ogle

    2.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 015D, 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

25,044 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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 £855,000 from 4 recorded sales in NE61 3UZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Northumberland is £213,452 in June 2026, up 12.6% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 330 m.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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