County Durham
DL5 house prices in County Durham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for County Durham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£145,000
Range £65,000–£300,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DL5: the typical (median) sold price is £145,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DL5 is an active market, with about 27 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were terraced homes (typically £92,400) and 33% were detached homes (typically £261,250).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold DL5 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 3 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.
Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DL5: steady sales, so price from the evidence
DL5 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 27 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £65,000 to £300,000 makes £145,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; roughly 27 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in DL5 sit well below the UK average, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
On any DL5 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (214 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and the EPC, since it drives running costs, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
With averages this broad, the free DL5 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
DL5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£145,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
26.5
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
98%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in DL5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DL5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £261,250, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £62,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 80 | £261,250 | £179,550–£359,530 |
| Semi-detached | 60 | £149,975 | £81,050–£193,700 |
| Terraced | 100 | £92,400 | £57,800–£156,200 |
| Flat / maisonette | 5 | £62,000 | £43,000–£98,400 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DL5
The quarterly typical price fell 5.5%, from £153,500 in Q4 2025 (50 sales) to £145,000 in Q3 2026 (43 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £153,500 | 50 |
| Q1 2026 | £124,000 | 66 |
| Q2 2026 | £148,000 | 91 |
| Q3 2026 | £145,000 | 43 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DL5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DL5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £65,000 and £300,000, around a typical £145,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DL5
Terraced homes were 41% of recorded sales (100 of 245). 98% of sales were freehold and 2% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached33%
- Semi-detached24%
- Terraced41%
- Flat / maisonette2%
Tenure
- Freehold98%
- Leasehold2%
See the figures
244 freehold (98%) and 6 leasehold (2%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DL5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DL5 sits in County Durham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DL5
2, KESTREL COURT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£120,000
10, CASTLEREAGH CLOSE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£89,000
14, CUMBY ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£95,000
18, OAKFIELD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Terraced · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£136,000
19, HIGH STREET, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£90,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DL5 includes the Aycliffe North & Middridge ward.
In plain English
What the County Durham (DL5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £261,250 against £92,400 for terraced homes: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £65,000 and £300,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (98%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 27 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 November 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DL5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DL5
We don't hold published band charges for County Durham yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities
Schools
Schools near DL5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School.
All schools
Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School
Primary · Academies · DL5 7DD
416 m
Good · 2022
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · DL5 4EX
465 m
Requires improvement · 2021
Sugar Hill Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DL5 5NU
564 m
Outstanding · 2017
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL5 7DE
705 m
Good · 2022
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Primary · Academies · DL5 5NP
1.0 km
Good · 2017
Walworth School
Special schools · DL5 7LP
1.1 km
Good · 2013
St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DL5 7HB
1.2 km
Good · 2015
Vane Road Primary School
Primary · Academies · DL5 5RH
1.4 km
Good · 2013
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DL5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DL5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DL5
214
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 September 2026.
Recent applications
CountyDurham/DM/26/01737/DRCPermitted
216 m
Discharge of condition 5 pursuant to planning permission DM/24/00689/FPA relating to Phase 4 Verfication report.
Received 2026-07-06 · decided 2026-07-14
CountyDurham/DM/26/01552/FPAWithdrawn
409 m
Installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Received 2026-06-16 · decided 2026-07-09
CountyDurham/DM/26/01553/ADWithdrawn
409 m
1 no. Digital advertisement display within proposed new communications Kiosk
Received 2026-06-16 · decided 2026-07-09
CountyDurham/DM/26/01269/FPAPermitted
398 m
Remove existing out buildings and form new single storey accessible bedroom and bathroom extension
Received 2026-05-19 · decided 2026-07-10
CountyDurham/DM/26/01078/FPAPermitted
478 m
Single storey rear extension to adjoin converted garage to dwelling (resubmission of DM/25/00826/FPA)
Received 2026-04-28 · decided 2026-07-15
CountyDurham/DM/26/00801/FPAPermitted
393 m
Installation of 2 no air conditioning units to rear elevation and 2 no satellite dishes to front elevation
Received 2026-03-30 · decided 2026-05-22
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DL5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for DL5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 214 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DL5
Decile 3 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DL5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 8, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DL5 5NB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DL5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DL5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DL5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DL5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, KESTREL COURT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7GA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-21
10, CASTLEREAGH CLOSE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5NB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£89,000
2026-08-21
14, CUMBY ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5JU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£95,000
2026-08-17
18, OAKFIELD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7AS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£136,000
2026-08-17
19, HIGH STREET, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 6JY · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£90,000
2026-08-14
10B, GARTHLANDS, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 6RE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-14
122, AYSGARTH CLOSE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7EF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£78,000
2026-08-11
10, WILTON COURT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7PU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-10
23, BIRCH WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£212,500
2026-08-10
24, BISCOP CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5PU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£86,500
2026-08-07
25, HURWORTH HUNT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7LJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-08-05
1, COLBURN AVENUE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7HX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-03
9, SUNNINGDALE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 4TS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-31
53, HEATHERBURN COURT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 4UZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£55,000
2026-07-31
16, CUMBY ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5JU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£85,000
2026-07-31
73, BOWES ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5LP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£174,000
2026-07-30
8, BEDALE HUNT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7LT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£126,500
2026-07-27
6, DARLINGTON ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 6RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£198,000
2026-07-24
7, BLOOMESLEY CLOSE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 4XQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-23
49, MILLFIELDS, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 6ND · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-23
11, HARTLEY ROAD, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 4NR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-07-23
7, ARROWSMITH SQUARE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-07-22
45, ALDER GARDENS, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 7BL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-22
11, YARROW COURT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 4UQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-07-22
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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The DL5 report: your questions
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Nearby
Postcode districts near DL5
The closest districts to DL5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DL4 (Shildon) 2.8 miles
- House prices in DL17 (Ferryhill) 4.6 miles
- House prices in DL14 (Bishop Auckland) 5.1 miles
- House prices in DL16 (Spennymoor) 5.7 miles
- House prices in DL3 (Darlington) 5.9 miles
- House prices in TS21 (Stockton-on-Tees) 6.1 miles
- House prices in DL2 (Darlington) 6.2 miles
- House prices in DL1 (Darlington) 6.3 miles
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Data sources
Every DL5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.