BH19 1EA

Swanage · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swanage
Ward
Swanage
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH19 1DU 52 m
BH19 1EN 52 m
BH19 1DT 55 m
BH19 1EL 59 m
BH19 1AJ 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH19 1EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 1
Latitude
50.610858
Longitude
-1.960920
British National Grid easting
402,861
British National Grid northing
79,018

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Swanage · E05012722
Parish or community
E04003483
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103822
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 042B · E01020479
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 042 · E02004268

Postcode source versions

Explore BH19

180 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tyrol Court, Flat 2, Cranborne Road, Swanage, BH19 1EA 5 December 2025 £172,500
Gainsborough House, 6, Flat 4, Cranborne Road, Swanage, BH19 1EA 30 October 2025 £462,000
Havenhurst Court, 3, Flat 8, Cranborne Road, Swanage, BH19 1EA 10 July 2025 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Swanage Primary School

    Academy converter

    533 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
397
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 166
  • Anti social behaviour 78
  • Shoplifting 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 37
  • Other theft 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
82

47 female, 35 male

Postcode households
57
Residents per household
1.4
BH19 1 residents
4,325

Age bands in BH19 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.8%

417 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

317 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.9%

595 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

1,149 residents

Age 65 and over
41.9%

1,789 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH19 1 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+
5.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
5.6%
Gigabit-capable
5.6%
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

1

within 5 km

  • SWANAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RAILWAY STATION APPROACH, SWANAGE, BH19 1HB

    ODS code J81010

    121 m

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mowlem Court

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Mowlem Court

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Gilbert Road

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Swanage (Swanage Railway)

    PLT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Swanage (Swanage Railway)

    MET · Swanage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 042B, 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

20,316 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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 £245,000 from 23 recorded sales in BH19 1EA. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Swanage Primary School is the nearest published school at 533 m.

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

Recorded crime

397 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 166 events.

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