Houghton

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£265k	+6.0%	+273%	-38%
Semi-detached	£148k	+7.2%	+190%	-47%
Terraced	£120k	+54%	+314%	-52%
Flat	£74k	-2.3%	+197%	-69%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Kepier	0.9 mi	Non-sel	43.6	37%

Rents

	Yours	Trend	Position
All bedrooms	£693
1 bed	£514
2 bed	£634
3 bed	£756
4+ bed	£1,066

Crime

Reported crimes per month

	Yours	Trend	Position
All crime	11
Violence & sexual offences	9
Burglary	31
Anti-social behaviour	1

GP practices

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE	GP practice	0.9 mi
ICAR	GP practice	1.8 mi
HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,	GP practice	1.5 mi
CARPAL TUNNEL SERVICE	GP practice	1.8 mi
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	2.2 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Chester-le-Street Rail Station	Rail station	4.1 mi
Station Road	Rail station	4.1 mi
Bullion Lane	Rail station	4.2 mi
South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)	Metro/tram	6.2 mi
South Hylton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)	Metro/tram	6.3 mi

Broadband

Availability of fast broadband

	Yours	Trend	Position
Superfast (30Mbps+)	98.0%
Gigabit	89.5%
Full fibre (FTTP)	54.4%

Mobile coverage

	Yours	Trend	Position
Indoor 4G (all operators)	91.8%
Indoor voice (all)	94.5%
5G outdoor (any)	99.8%

Deprivation

Updated Oct 2025

	More deprivedLess deprived	Houghton average (lo–hi)
Overall		37% (9–85)
Income		39% (12–85)
Employment		30% (7–89)
Education		41% (11–93)
Health		18% (5–41)
Crime		34% (5–85)
Housing & services		71% (52–81)
Living environment		63% (25–99)

Your MP

Updated Apr 2026

Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP

Labour

Houghton and Sunderland South

bridget.phillipson.mp@parliament.uk

http://www.BridgetPhillipson.com

Green spaces

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.4 mi
Greenspace access point	Playing field	0.5 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
Fence Houses War Memorial Including Wall, Piers and Railings	II	0.9 mi
The Villa (office of the Clerk to the Justices)	II	1.1 mi
Morton House	II	1.4 mi
Ice House to North of Morton House	II	1.3 mi
Cellar Hill House	II	1.5 mi

Companies

	Yours	Trend	Position
Active companies	8,523
Total registered	9,454
Dormant	122
New (last year)	1,644
New (last 5 years)	5,014

Air quality

	Yours	Trend	Position
PM2.5	6
PM10	11
NO₂	8
NOₓ	10

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	3
Fatal	0
Serious	1
Killed/serious	1
Pedestrian	1
Cyclist	1

Traffic

	Yours	Trend	Position
All motor vehicles	1,095,400,000
Cars & taxis	878,000,000

Flood risk

	Yours	Trend	Position
Rivers & sea	2

Bathing water

Updated Nov 2025

Name	Distance
Seaham Hall Beach	7.7 mi
Seaham Beach	8.1 mi
Roker - Sunderland	10.9 mi
Seaburn - Sunderland	11.0 mi
Marsden	14.6 mi

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	2,005

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	23.3%
Aged 16–64	65.4%
Aged 65+	11.4%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	96.7%
Asian	1.5%
Black	0.8%
Mixed	0.9%
Other	0.0%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	55.0%
Social rented	32.7%
Private rented	12.3%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	23.6%
Semi-detached	53.1%
Terraced	15.4%
Flat / maisonette	7.9%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	25.6%
1 car or van	38.2%
2+ cars or vans	36.2%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	64.3%
Unemployed	4.0%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	21.8%
Degree or above	24.0%

Health

	Yours	Trend	Position
Life expectancy	—
Obesity prevalence	71.8%
Smoking prevalence	9.4%
Infant mortality	4.0

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