DERWENT TERRACE, DL16 6DZ House Prices & Local Information

DL16 6DZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Derwent Terrace, 0.5km from Tudhoe Grange in Spennymoor. Administratively it sits within Tudhoe ward and the Bishop Auckland constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DL16 6DZ is a mature area with an older, predominantly retired population. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 52) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 32% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £74k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 DL16 6DZ are sourced from Output Area E00105657 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.