DH4 7LQ House Prices & Local Information

DH4 7LQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.3km from Shiney Row in Shiney Row and Penshaw. Administratively it sits within Shiney Row ward and the Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DH4 7LQ is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. Residents average 46 years old — this is a settled, predominantly owner-occupied area with a stable, community-minded population. 50% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 30 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for DH4 7LQ are sourced from Output Area E00044662 (shared with 11 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.