Postcode sector

Sector DH3 2 house prices

Birtley South · Gateshead · district DH3 · 172 postcodes

Median £2,260 per m² over 158 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 7.4% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,260/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026

Last year, after inflation−7.4%

Sales, 24 months158with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

DH3 2: £2,260/m² middle · £1,810–£2,600/m² middle half · 158 sales
District DH3: £2,110/m² middle · £1,600–£2,570/m² middle half · 780 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

DH3 2
DH3
Gateshead houses
After inflation (CPIH)
In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
Over	DH3 2		District DH3
Over	Real	Nominal	Real	Nominal
1 year	−7.4%	−4.4%	−8.4%	−5.4%
5 years	−4.2%	+0.6%	−4.2%	+0.6%
10 years	+0.8%	+4.3%	−0.9%	+2.5%
20 years	−0.5%	+2.3%	−1.3%	+1.5%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²

EN6 5Chase & Crews Hill£5,180–£6,370/m²
DH3 4Great Lumley & Bournmoor£1,990–£2,910/m²
DH3 2Birtley South£1,810–£2,600/m²
NE38 9Harraton, Rickleton & Fatfield£1,540–£2,730/m²
DH3 1Birtley North & Kibblesworth£1,570–£2,540/m²
NE37 1Albany and Blackfell£1,570–£2,580/m²
DH2 1Ouston & Beamish£1,610–£2,530/m²
NE38 0Oxclose and Lambton£1,420–£2,590/m²
DH3 3Chester-le-Street South & East£1,380–£2,240/m²
DH3 9Chester-le-Street Town & Pelton FellToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
Street	Sales	Median size	Median £/m²
Hylands Close	90	95 m²	£2,770/m²
Wanstead Crescent	38	93 m²	£2,500/m²
Cuthbert Park	34	71 m²	£2,570/m²
Ambleside Court	16	92 m²	£1,980/m²
Glenluce	14	88 m²	£2,260/m²
Dunvegan	13	85 m²	£1,920/m²
Highbury Close	12	94 m²	£2,440/m²
Dorset Avenue	11	74 m²	£1,250/m²
Fellside	10	88 m²	£1,360/m²
Colebrooke	8	85 m²	£2,130/m²
Coniston	8	93 m²	£1,820/m²
Warley Close	7	93 m²	£2,550/m²

Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.