SR6 7ER

Whitburn & Marsden · South Tyneside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
South Shields
Postcode district
SR6
Postcode sector
SR6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR6 7EE 32 m
SR6 7ES 67 m
SR6 7DH 95 m
SR6 7BT 100 m
SR6 7AA 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR6 7ER
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR6
Postcode sector
SR6 7
Latitude
54.952562
Longitude
-1.364965
British National Grid easting
440,770
British National Grid northing
562,174

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
South Tyneside · E08000023
Parish or community
E43000177
Westminster constituency
South Shields · E14001492
Output area
E00044103
Lower layer super output area
South Tyneside 018E · E01008687
Middle layer super output area
South Tyneside 018 · E02001785

Postcode source versions

Explore SR6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
5
  1. Whitburn Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    29 m
  2. Whitburn Village Primary School

    Academy converter

    638 m
  3. Marsden Primary School

    Community school

    998 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
396
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 111
  • Shoplifting 101
  • Anti social behaviour 66
  • Public order 30
  • Other theft 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
SR6 7 residents
9,845

Age bands in SR6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,479 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

821 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,926 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,844 residents

Age 65 and over
28.2%

2,780 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR6 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+
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

8

within 5 km

  • WHITBURN SURGERY

    3 BRYERS STREET, WHITBURN, SUNDERLAND, SR6 7EE

    ODS code A88023

    32 m

  • FULWELL MEDICAL CENTRE,

    EBDON LANE, SUNDERLAND, SR6 8DZ

    ODS code A89015

    2.7 km

  • MARSDEN MEDICAL GROUP

    MARSDEN ROAD, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE34 6RE

    ODS code A88003

    3.8 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    CLEADON PARK PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE34 8PS

    ODS code A88013

    3.8 km

  • BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT

    ODS code A89019

    4.4 km

  • ST BEDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LOWER DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0QQ

    ODS code A89016

    4.4 km

  • MONKWEARMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE

    DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0AB

    ODS code A89040

    4.5 km

  • RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS

    ODS code A89008

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mill Lane - Croftside Avenue

    BCT · Whitburn

    0.1 miles
  • Mill Lane - Croftside Avenue

    BCT · Whitburn

    0.1 miles
  • Mill Lane-Rifle Range

    BCT · Whitburn

    0.1 miles
  • North Guard - Chicks Lane

    BCT · Whitburn

    0.1 miles
  • Lizard Lane-North Guards

    BCT · Whitburn

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Tyneside 018E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,052 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Whitburn Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 29 m.

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

Recorded crime

396 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 111 events.

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