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NE61 6EU

Ponteland East & Stannington · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ponteland East & Stannington
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 6EX 864 m
NE61 6ET 901 m
NE61 6EY 980 m
NE13 6DB 1.1 km
NE13 6DE 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 6EU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6
Latitude
55.095221
Longitude
-1.650683
British National Grid easting
422,392
British National Grid northing
577,921

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Ponteland East & Stannington · E05016134
Parish or community
E04010866
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139821
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 015D · E01027473
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 015 · E02005722

Postcode source versions

Explore NE61

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Stannington First School

    Community school

    2.1 km

  2. Azure College

    Special post 16 institution

    2.5 km

  3. Beaconhill Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Robbery 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

12 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.5
NE61 6 residents
6,365

Age bands in NE61 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

965 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

566 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,350 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,927 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

1,390 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE61 6 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+
90%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90%
Gigabit-capable
90%
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 straight-line

  • FORUM FAMILY PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, FORUM WAY, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6QN

    ODS code A84038

    4.0 km

  • NPC CRAMLINGTON

    FORUM WAY, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6QN

    ODS code A84025

    4.0 km

  • VILLAGE MEDICAL GROUP

    DUDLEY LANE, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 6US

    ODS code A84030

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • New Kennels

    BCT · Shotton

    0.3 miles

  • Blagdon Hall Cottages

    BCT · Shotton

    0.4 miles

  • New Kennels

    BCT · Shotton

    0.4 miles

  • Blagdon Hall Cottages

    BCT · Shotton

    0.4 miles

  • Stannington Bridge

    BCT · Stannington

    0.6 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
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

16 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Stannington First School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 4 events.

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