DURHAM ROAD, DH3 1JS House Prices & Local Information

DH3 1JS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Durham Road, 0.8km from North Side in Birtley. Administratively it sits within Lamesley ward and the Blaydon constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DH3 1JS is residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. During the day, mainly white older workforce, self-employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, with some construction. A balanced community with an average age of 37 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 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. 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 DH3 1JS are sourced from Output Area E00041695 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.