DN6 8HQ

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 8HD 98 m
DN6 8HB 120 m
DN6 8DA 132 m
DN6 8HE 136 m
DN6 8DN 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN6 8HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8
Latitude
53.581572
Longitude
-1.180739
British National Grid easting
454,338
British National Grid northing
409,752

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
E00037869
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 005F · E01007474
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 005 · E02001543

Postcode source versions

Explore DN6

46 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Skellow Road, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8HQ 22 June 2026 £150,000
6, Skellow Road, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8HQ 7 April 2026 £135,000
6, Skellow Road, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8HQ 30 April 2025 £70,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Academy converter

    389 m
  2. Owston Park Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. North Ridge Community School

    Academy special converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,104
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 463
  • Criminal damage and arson 152
  • Anti social behaviour 122
  • Vehicle crime 91
  • Other theft 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
64

27 female, 37 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.8% 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+
63.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
63.6%
Gigabit-capable
63.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
2.3%

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT NORTH MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code C86001

    405 m

  • THE RANSOME PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86002

    4.0 km

  • ASKERN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86605

    4.3 km

  • THE LAKESIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86016

    4.3 km

  • PETERSGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    99 AMERSALL RD, SCAWTHORPE, DONCASTER, DN5 9PQ

    ODS code C86038

    4.3 km

  • DON VALLEY HEALTHCARE

    128 HIGH STREET, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0AT

    ODS code C86023

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street/Queens Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.1 miles
  • Owston Road/Skellow Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.1 miles
  • Owston Road/Askern Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.1 miles
  • Owston Road/High Street

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.1 miles
  • High Street/Queens Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 005F, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

874 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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 £135,000 from 13 recorded sales in DN6 8HQ. 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 389 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,104 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 463 events.

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