DH7 7BQ House Prices & Local Information

DH7 7BQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.4km from Bearpark in Ushaw Moor and Bearpark. Administratively it sits within Deerness ward and the City of Durham constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DH7 7BQ is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. During the day, includes some mining and quarrying and other industrial activity. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 46) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 55% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

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 DH7 7BQ are sourced from Output Area E00104933 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.