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DN6 8DN

Adwick le Street & Carcroft · Doncaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Doncaster
Local authority
Doncaster
Constituency
Doncaster North
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN6 8DP 43 m
DN6 8ET 57 m
DN6 8HB 72 m
DN6 8DA 121 m
DN6 8HQ 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN6 8DN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8
Latitude
53.582920
Longitude
-1.180698
British National Grid easting
454,339
British National Grid northing
409,902

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Doncaster · E08000017
Parish or community
E43000171
Westminster constituency
Doncaster North · E14001200
Output area
E00037870
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 005E · E01007473
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 005 · E02001543

Postcode source versions

Explore DN6

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8DN 25 June 2025 £90,000
Asda Stores Ltd, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8DN 8 June 2022 £8,300,000
11, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8DN 25 October 2021 £105,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Carcroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    242 m
  2. Owston Park Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    982 m
  3. North Ridge Community School

    Academy special converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,056
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 437
  • Criminal damage and arson 145
  • Anti social behaviour 121
  • Vehicle crime 87
  • Other theft 62

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4
3 female, 1 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.0
DN6 8 residents
7,976

Age bands in DN6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%
1,410 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.7%
834 residents
Age 25 to 44
22.6%
1,768 residents
Age 45 to 64
26.2%
2,051 residents
Age 65 and over
22.5%
1,760 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN6 8 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT NORTH MEDICAL GROUP

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHESTNUT AVENUE, CARCROFT, DONCASTER, DN6 8AG

    ODS code C86001

    358 m

  • THE RANSOME PRACTICE

    BENTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, ASKERN ROAD, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0JX

    ODS code C86002

    4.1 km

  • ASKERN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASKERN HEALTH CENTRE, SPA POOL ROAD, ASKERN, DONCASTER, DN6 0HZ

    ODS code C86605

    4.2 km

  • THE LAKESIDE PRACTICE

    THE WHITE WINGS CENTRE, SPA POOL ROAD, ASKERN, DONCASTER, DN6 0HZ

    ODS code C86016

    4.2 km

  • PETERSGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    99 AMERSALL RD, SCAWTHORPE, DONCASTER, DN5 9PQ

    ODS code C86038

    4.5 km

  • DON VALLEY HEALTHCARE

    128 HIGH STREET, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0AT

    ODS code C86023

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street/Queens Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    27 m
  • High Street/Queens Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    74 m
  • Owston Road/High Street

    BCT · Carcroft

    77 m
  • Park Avenue/Martindale Walk

    BCT · Carcroft

    117 m
  • Owston Road/High Street

    BCT · Carcroft

    143 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 005E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,075 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
2
Low risk addresses
9
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

Property market

The five-year median is £105,000 from 3 recorded sales in DN6 8DN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Doncaster is £170,784 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Carcroft Primary School is the nearest published school at 242 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,056 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 437 events.

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