BH19 2DE

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH19 2DL 40 m
BH19 2DX 63 m
BH19 2BX 81 m
BH19 2DJ 82 m
BH19 2EX 96 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH19 2DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 2
Latitude
50.604264
Longitude
-1.955881
British National Grid easting
403,218
British National Grid northing
78,285

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
E00103838
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 042D · E01020481
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 042 · E02004268

Postcode source versions

Explore BH19

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Purbeck Terrace Road, Swanage, BH19 2DE 23 October 2024 £460,000
Glencorse, Flat 3, Purbeck Terrace Road, Swanage, BH19 2DE 24 November 2023 £285,000
Glencorse, Flat 3, Purbeck Terrace Road, Swanage, BH19 2DE 17 January 2020 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

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

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

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    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
308
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Shoplifting 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 26
  • Other theft 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

24 female, 21 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.5
BH19 2 residents
5,024

Age bands in BH19 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

686 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

418 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.4%

948 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,548 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

1,562 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH19 2 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
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

    694 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

  • Pinnacles Reach

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Pinnacles Reach

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Wordsworth House

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Wordsworth House

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles
  • Youth Hostel

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 042D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,837 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £372,500 from 2 recorded sales in BH19 2DE. 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 483 m.

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

Recorded crime

308 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

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