Local authority district
Dorset
E06000059
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 13,275
- Postcode districts
- 32
- Five-year recorded sales
- 34,832
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 183
- Census 2021 residents
- 379,550
- Census 2021 households
- 169,321
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 50.78209, -2.29669
Quality-approved postcode districts
- BH211,350 active postcodes
- DT21,140 active postcodes
- DT111,090 active postcodes
- DT4997 active postcodes
- DT6996 active postcodes
- DT1793 active postcodes
- DT9755 active postcodes
- BH20721 active postcodes
- BH22718 active postcodes
- DT3706 active postcodes
- SP8568 active postcodes
- BH19555 active postcodes
- SP7484 active postcodes
- DT10477 active postcodes
- BH16356 active postcodes
- DT5314 active postcodes
- BH31300 active postcodes
- BH24239 active postcodes
- DT8233 active postcodes
- DT7192 active postcodes
- SP682 active postcodes
- SP574 active postcodes
- TA2051 active postcodes
- BA2234 active postcodes
- BH1827 active postcodes
- TA187 active postcodes
- BA216 active postcodes
- EX135 active postcodes
- BA82 active postcodes
- BH131 active postcodes
- BH151 active postcodes
- BH231 active postcodes
Related official areas
- Electoral wardGillinghamE05012702 · 610 postcodes
- Electoral wardBridportE05015779 · 588 postcodes
- Electoral wardSwanageE05012722 · 447 postcodes
- Electoral wardLytchett Matravers & UptonE05012706 · 354 postcodes
- Electoral wardWest PurbeckE05012728 · 353 postcodes
- Electoral wardWarehamE05012725 · 347 postcodes
- Electoral wardFerndown NorthE05012700 · 346 postcodes
- Electoral wardRodwell & WykeE05012712 · 332 postcodes
- Electoral wardDorchester WestE05012698 · 323 postcodes
- Electoral wardWimborne MinsterE05012730 · 323 postcodes
- Electoral wardBlandfordE05012685 · 319 postcodes
- Electoral wardPortlandE05012709 · 316 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 021CE01020428 · 153 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 002AE01020440 · 143 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 044BE01020554 · 143 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 022EE01020540 · 140 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 006DE01020460 · 139 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 022AE01020509 · 127 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 008CE01020541 · 123 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 037AE01020512 · 120 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 007CE01020389 · 119 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 020EE01020408 · 112 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 023DE01020535 · 112 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 001AE01020443 · 110 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 022E02004272 · 520 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 019E02004271 · 452 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 042E02004268 · 447 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 002E02004256 · 420 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 005E02004258 · 420 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 023E02004273 · 404 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 004E02004269 · 389 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 029E02004275 · 389 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 044E02004284 · 380 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 008E02004270 · 357 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 006E02004259 · 339 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 021E02004252 · 333 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWest DorsetE14001575 · 4,009 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyNorth DorsetE14001388 · 3,338 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencySouth DorsetE14001485 · 2,964 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyMid Dorset and North PooleE14001363 · 1,836 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyChristchurchE14001171 · 1,128 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/LAD Local Authority District names and codes UK as at 04_25.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.