DH4 7DE House Prices & Local Information

DH4 7DE is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.4km from Herrington Burn 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 7DE 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. 92% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 16% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 40 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 7DE are sourced from Output Area E00044659 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.