BH19 3BW

South East Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH19 3AY 37 m
BH19 3AH 293 m
BH19 3AQ 447 m
BH19 3BZ 567 m
BH19 3DA 601 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH19 3BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 3
Latitude
50.647108
Longitude
-1.959362
British National Grid easting
402,969
British National Grid northing
83,049

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003482
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103755
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 039A · E01020466
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 039 · E02004267

Postcode source versions

Explore BH19

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    4.4 km
  3. The Swanage School

    Free schools

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Public order 6
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Bicycle theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWANAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RAILWAY STATION APPROACH, SWANAGE, BH19 1HB

    ODS code J81010

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Knoll House Hotel

    BCT · Studland

    0.2 miles
  • Knoll House Hotel

    BCT · Studland

    0.2 miles
  • Wadmore Lane

    BCT · Studland

    0.2 miles
  • Wadmore Lane

    BCT · Studland

    0.2 miles
  • Pipley Bridge

    BCT · Studland

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 039A, 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

18,034 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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