Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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Census 2021
25 female, 17 male
1,452 residents
789 residents
2,193 residents
2,034 residents
1,340 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH17 8 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km
9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE
ODS code J81013
103 m
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
1.1 km
43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU
ODS code J81086
2.0 km
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
2.0 km
NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW
ODS code J81087
2.5 km
36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81064
2.5 km
THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81648
2.5 km
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
3.1 km
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
3.1 km
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
3.9 km
306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ
ODS code J81006
4.0 km
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
4.7 km
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.7 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.
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English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,449 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
60 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole is the nearest published school at 396 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,734 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 663 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.