Map of DH5 8DQ postcode No longer in use

General information
Postcode DH5 8DQ
Post Town Houghton le Spring
Nearest station Seaham (7 km)
Bus stops
Hall Lane-Normandy Crescent (N)
Hall Lane-Burns Avenue North (S)
Queensway-Kingsway (NE)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (N)
Hall Lane-Holly Avenue (S)
Market Place (W)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.84038
Longitude -1.462941
Easting 434590
Northing 549639
Grid reference NZ345496
UTM reference 30U 598709 6078111
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Plus code 9C6WRGRP+5R
Altitude 83 metres (272 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:29
Sunset (today) 18:04
Distance away
Distance to sea 8.6 KMs (5.3 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishSunderland, unparished areaE43000178
Ward Copt Hill E05001155
Metropolitan District Sunderland E08000024
County Tyne and Wear E11000017
Constituency (2024) Houghton and Sunderland South E14001295
MPBridget PhillipsonLabour
Police forceNorthumbria
NUTS/ITL 3 Sunderland
NUTS/ITL 2 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
NUTS/ITL 1 North East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Date usage ended August 2006
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
1,920 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£36,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)Houghton-le-SpringE63007258
Census output area (2021)E00182881
Census output area (2011)E00170246
Lower layer super output area (2021)Sunderland 034AE01008714
Lower layer super output area (2011)Sunderland 034AE01008714
Middle layer super output area (2021)Houghton TownE02001824
Middle layer super output area (2011)Houghton TownE02001824
Travel to work areaSunderlandE30000275
Property sales
Properties recently sold in this postcode
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