DH4 5 postcode sector in the DH4 district

DH4 5 is a sector of the DH4 district: every postcode that starts DH4 5. It has 172 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the DH4 5 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the DH4 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 172 postcodes in the DH4 5 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 170 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A690A182 DH4 5AA: before 2020DH4 5AB: before 2020DH4 5AD: before 2020DH4 5AE: before 2020DH4 5AF: before 2020DH4 5AG: before 2020DH4 5AH: before 2020DH4 5AJ: before 2020DH4 5AL: before 2020DH4 5AQ: before 2020DH4 5AR: before 2020DH4 5AS: before 2020DH4 5AT: before 2020DH4 5AU: before 2020DH4 5AX: before 2020DH4 5AY: before 2020DH4 5AZ: before 2020DH4 5BA: before 2020DH4 5BB: before 2020DH4 5BD: before 2020DH4 5BE: before 2020DH4 5BG: before 2020DH4 5BH: before 2020DH4 5BP: before 2020DH4 5BQ: before 2020DH4 5BW: before 2020DH4 5DA: before 2020DH4 5DB: before 2020DH4 5DD: before 2020DH4 5DE: before 2020DH4 5DF: before 2020DH4 5DG: before 2020DH4 5DH: before 2020DH4 5DJ: before 2020DH4 5DL: before 2020DH4 5DN: before 2020DH4 5DP: before 2020DH4 5DQ: before 2020DH4 5DR: before 2020DH4 5DS: before 2020DH4 5DT: before 2020DH4 5DU: before 2020DH4 5DW: before 2020DH4 5DX: before 2020DH4 5DY: before 2020DH4 5DZ: before 2020DH4 5EA: before 2020DH4 5EB: before 2020DH4 5ED: before 2020DH4 5EE: before 2020DH4 5EF: before 2020DH4 5EG: before 2020DH4 5EH: before 2020DH4 5EJ: before 2020DH4 5EL: before 2020DH4 5EQ: before 2020DH4 5FB: before 2020DH4 5FD: before 2020DH4 5FE: before 2020DH4 5FF: before 2020DH4 5GU: before 2020DH4 5HA: before 2020DH4 5HD: before 2020DH4 5HE: before 2020DH4 5HF: before 2020DH4 5HG: before 2020DH4 5HH: before 2020DH4 5HJ: before 2020DH4 5HL: before 2020DH4 5HN: before 2020DH4 5HP: before 2020DH4 5HQ: before 2020DH4 5HR: before 2020DH4 5HS: before 2020DH4 5HT: before 2020DH4 5HU: before 2020DH4 5HW: before 2020DH4 5HX: before 2020DH4 5HY: before 2020DH4 5HZ: before 2020DH4 5JA: before 2020DH4 5JB: before 2020DH4 5JE: before 2020DH4 5JF: before 2020DH4 5JH: before 2020DH4 5JJ: before 2020DH4 5JL: before 2020DH4 5JN: before 2020DH4 5JQ: before 2020DH4 5JU: before 2020DH4 5JW: before 2020DH4 5JX: before 2020DH4 5JY: before 2020DH4 5JZ: before 2020DH4 5LA: before 2020DH4 5LB: before 2020DH4 5LD: before 2020DH4 5LE: before 2020DH4 5LF: before 2020DH4 5LG: before 2020DH4 5LH: before 2020DH4 5LJ: before 2020DH4 5LL: before 2020DH4 5LN: before 2020DH4 5LP: before 2020DH4 5LQ: before 2020DH4 5LR: before 2020DH4 5LS: before 2020DH4 5LW: before 2020DH4 5NA: before 2020DH4 5NB: before 2020DH4 5ND: before 2020DH4 5NE: before 2020DH4 5NF: before 2020DH4 5NG: before 2020DH4 5NH: before 2020DH4 5NJ: before 2020DH4 5NL: before 2020DH4 5NN: before 2020DH4 5NP: before 2020DH4 5NQ: before 2020DH4 5NR: before 2020DH4 5NS: before 2020DH4 5NT: before 2020DH4 5NU: before 2020DH4 5NW: before 2020DH4 5NX: before 2020DH4 5NY: before 2020DH4 5PA: before 2020DH4 5PB: before 2020DH4 5PD: before 2020DH4 5PE: before 2020DH4 5PF: before 2020DH4 5PG: before 2020DH4 5PH: before 2020DH4 5PJ: before 2020DH4 5PL: before 2020DH4 5PN: before 2020DH4 5PP: before 2020DH4 5PQ: before 2020DH4 5PS: before 2020DH4 5PT: before 2020DH4 5PU: before 2020DH4 5PW: before 2020DH4 5PX: before 2020DH4 5PY: before 2020DH4 5PZ: before 2020DH4 5QA: before 2020DH4 5QB: before 2020DH4 5QD: before 2020DH4 5QE: before 2020DH4 5QF: before 2020DH4 5QG: before 2020DH4 5QH: before 2020DH4 5QJ: before 2020DH4 5QL: before 2020DH4 5QN: before 2020DH4 5QP: before 2020DH4 5QQ: before 2020DH4 5QR: before 2020DH4 5QS: before 2020DH4 5QT: before 2020DH4 5QU: before 2020DH4 5QW: before 2020DH4 5QY: before 2020DH4 5RA: before 2020DH4 5RH: before 2020DH4 5RJ: before 2020DH4 5SA: before 2020DH4 5AN: new since 2020DH4 5AW: new since 2020 Houghton-le-Spring Map of every postcode in the DH4 5 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 172 postcodes in the DH4 5 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 170 were in use before 2020. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A690 Houghton-le-Spring
  • New since 2020: 2
  • In use before 2020: 170

Of the 172 postcodes in the DH4 5 sector that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 170 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What do homes sell for in DH4 5?

Homes in DH4 5 sold for a typical £139,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, up 11.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£139,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£125,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 11.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £228,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £145,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £111,000 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start DH4 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcodes in DH4 5

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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