BH20 5SG

West 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 5SQ 51 m
BH20 5FB 141 m
BH20 5FD 141 m
BH20 5RL 151 m
BH20 5RT 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 5SG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 5
Latitude
50.625008
Longitude
-2.251854
British National Grid easting
382,281
British National Grid northing
80,621

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003488
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103876
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 035A · E01020489
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 035 · E02004266

Postcode source versions

Explore BH20

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Church Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5SG 9 November 2018 £360,000
4, Church Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5SG 8 December 2017 £345,000
4, Church Road, West Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5SG 2 July 2004 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    761 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
42
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 11
  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Public order 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

1 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.0
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 0.1% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
20%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
20%
Gigabit-capable
20%
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.

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · West Lulworth

    0.2 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · West Lulworth

    0.2 miles
  • Castle Inn

    BCT · West Lulworth

    0.3 miles
  • Castle Inn

    BCT · West Lulworth

    0.3 miles
  • Lulworth Cove

    BCT · Lulworth Cove

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 035A, 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

15,847 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 761 m.

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

Recorded crime

42 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 11 events.

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