Property market
The five-year median is £415,000 from 3,621 recorded sales in BH21. 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.
BH21
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,228
- Current units
- 1,490
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 14
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East, South West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 738
Postcode sectors in BH21
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
23,629 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Hock Cottage, 1, Henbury House Gardens, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 3TZ | 24 July 2026 | £282,500 |
| 1a, Oakley Road, Wimborne, BH21 1QJ | 17 July 2026 | £348,000 |
| 9, Mimosa Avenue, Merley, Wimborne, BH21 1TU | 17 July 2026 | £430,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 28
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,990
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 737
- Anti social behaviour 408
- Criminal damage and arson 200
- Shoplifting 148
- Other theft 128
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BH21 usual residents
- 42,651
- Age-profile population
- 42,531
Age bands in BH21
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.5%
- 6,599 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 4,146 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- 8,323 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- 11,874 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.2%
- 11,589 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,431 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 1,247 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 906 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 29 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE
THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE
ODS code J81058
THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY
RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP
ODS code J81034
WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE
KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL
ODS code J81077
Evidence in context
Schools
28 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,990 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 737 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.