COMMERCIAL STREET, DL17 0DF House Prices & Local Information

DL17 0DF is an up-and-coming urban area on Commercial Street, 0.3km from Chilton Lane in Ferryhill. Administratively it sits within Ferryhill ward and the Sedgefield constituency.

For renters and young professionals, DL17 0DF offers a terrace-heavy neighbourhood — tight-knit community, affordable housing. By day, the area transitions to a rural with mining or quarrying character: includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. An average age of 43 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 48% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are high (162 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £51k, 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 DL17 0DF are sourced from Output Area E00105585 (shared with 11 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.