# DH8 1: postcode sector in County Durham

13 live postcodes, all in County Durham.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of County Durham. Open the map at DH8 1 for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) › [DH8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £140,788** (August 2026). County Durham’s average house price was £140,788 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £33,436** (2025). Full-time workers living in County Durham earned a median of £33,436 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 23rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 4.2×** (2025). A home in County Durham costs 4.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 15th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 28.8** (2025). County Durham has a deprivation score of 28.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 48th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## About

- Type: Postcode sector
- Live postcodes: 13
- Council: [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)
- Centre: 54.8502, -1.7926

Council: [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Blaydon and Consett](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaydon-and-consett): Liz Twist (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Postcodes in DH8 1

[DH8 1FP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1fp), [DH8 1FT](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1ft), [DH8 1GD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1gd), [DH8 1GF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1gf), [DH8 1GG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1gg), [DH8 1GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1gl), [DH8 1GN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1gn), [DH8 1HG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1hg), [DH8 1HH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1hh), [DH8 1HJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1hj), [DH8 1HT](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1ht), [DH8 1JB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1jb), [DH8 1JW](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1jw)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8-1