BH20 5DY

South East Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wareham
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 5DW 751 m
BH20 5DX 913 m
BH20 5DR 1.1 km
BH20 5DN 1.2 km
BH20 5DS 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 5DY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 5
Latitude
50.651911
Longitude
-2.058503
British National Grid easting
395,960
British National Grid northing
83,584

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012323
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103753
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 039A · E01020466
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 039 · E02004267

Postcode source versions

Explore BH20

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Puddledock, Norden, Wareham, BH20 5DY 2 September 2020 £1,607,500
Puddledock, Norden, Wareham, BH20 5DY 29 October 2004 £460,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Stoborough Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

0 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
BH20 5 residents
4,051

Age bands in BH20 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

437 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

327 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.1%

614 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,180 residents

Age 65 and over
32.9%

1,254 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH20 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
25%
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

  • CORFE CASTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J81612

    1.8 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.

Nearby transport

  • Norden Station

    BCT · Norden

    0.5 miles
  • Norden - Park and Ride (Swanage Railway)

    TMU · Norden

    0.5 miles
  • Norden - Park and Ride (Swanage Railway)

    MET · Norden

    0.5 miles
  • Norden - Park and Ride (Swanage Railway)

    PLT · Norden

    0.5 miles
  • Norden Farm

    BCT · Norden

    0.6 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.

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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 5 events.

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