BH16 5EW

Lytchett Matravers & Upton · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Poole
Local authority
Dorset
Postcode district
BH16
Postcode sector
BH16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH16 5EB 99 m
BH16 5DW 106 m
BH16 5EL 115 m
BH16 5FA 121 m
BH16 5EA 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH16 5EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH16
Postcode sector
BH16 5
Latitude
50.732482
Longitude
-2.024002
British National Grid easting
398,402
British National Grid northing
92,542

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003478
Output area
E00103790
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 028C · E01020473
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 028 · E02004264

Postcode source versions

Explore BH16

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Taber Willows, 1, Old Bound Road, Poole, BH16 5EW 17 January 2025 £450,000
Taber Willows, 1, Old Bound Road, Poole, BH16 5EW 7 October 2022 £455,000
Athelstan, 6, Old Bound Road, Poole, BH16 5EW 21 July 2022 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
21
Secondary
9
  1. Yarrells Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    649 m
  2. Bayside Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    751 m
  3. Upton Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
821
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 319
  • Anti social behaviour 171
  • Criminal damage and arson 78
  • Vehicle crime 71
  • Other theft 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
BH16 5 residents
11,163

Age bands in BH16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,050 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,168 residents

Age 25 to 44
24%

2,648 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,898 residents

Age 65 and over
20.6%

2,275 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH16 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    1.6 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    2.0 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    3.7 km

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

    THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81648

    3.7 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    3.8 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    3.8 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

    9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE

    ODS code J81013

    4.3 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bottom of Sandy Lane

    BCT · Upton

    0.0 miles
  • Bottom of Sandy Lane

    BCT · Upton

    0.0 miles
  • Old Bound Road

    BCT · Turlin Moor

    0.0 miles
  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Turlin Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Turlin Moor

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 028C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,190 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £450,000 from 3 recorded sales in BH16 5EW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 9 secondary schools. Yarrells Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 649 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

821 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 319 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.