BH19 3BD

South East Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Swanage
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH19 3DZ 138 m
BH19 3DS 173 m
BH19 3DT 216 m
BH19 3BG 291 m
BH20 5HY 318 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH19 3BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 3
Latitude
50.622454
Longitude
-2.019392
British National Grid easting
398,724
British National Grid northing
80,307

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012328
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103767
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 039C · E01020468
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 039 · E02004267

Postcode source versions

Explore BH19

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Bower Close, Swanage, BH19 3BD 22 September 2010 £550,000
1, Bower Close, Swanage, BH19 3BD 20 March 2009 £475,000
3, Bower Close, Swanage, BH19 3BD 31 October 2008 £780,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km
  3. The Swanage School

    Free schools

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 8
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Shoplifting 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.8
BH19 3 residents
1,819

Age bands in BH19 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.3%

200 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

146 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

300 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

579 residents

Age 65 and over
36.8%

714 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH19 3 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

2

within 5 km

  • CORFE CASTLE SURGERY

    TOM'S MEAD, WEST STREET, CORFE CASTLE, WAREHAM, BH20 5HH

    ODS code J81612

    3.2 km

  • SWANAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RAILWAY STATION APPROACH, SWANAGE, BH19 1HB

    ODS code J81010

    4.4 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • South Instow

    BCT · Harmans Cross

    0.0 miles
  • South Instow

    BCT · Harmans Cross

    0.1 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Harmans Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Harmans Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Harman's Cross (Swanage Railway)

    TMU · Harmans Cross

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 039C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,828 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 8 events.

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