DN8 4QW

Thorne & Moorends · Doncaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Doncaster
Local authority
Doncaster
Postcode district
DN8
Postcode sector
DN8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN8 4QP 49 m
DN8 4LZ 56 m
DN8 4LY 96 m
DN8 4NJ 112 m
DN8 4QS 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN8 4QW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN8
Postcode sector
DN8 4
Latitude
53.633263
Longitude
-0.944908
British National Grid easting
469,866
British National Grid northing
415,708

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Doncaster · E08000017
Parish or community
E04000095
Output area
E00038700
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 001B · E01007633
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 001 · E02001539

Postcode source versions

Explore DN8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Gainford Road, Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4QW 18 July 2025 £90,000
51, Gainford Road, Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4QW 6 February 2023 £90,000
11, Gainford Road, Moorends, Doncaster, DN8 4QW 8 July 2022 £112,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. West Road Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    451 m
  2. Marshland Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    665 m
  3. Thorne King Edward Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
584
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 260
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Other theft 36
  • Other crime 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

35 female, 41 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
3.2
DN8 4 residents
9,977

Age bands in DN8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

1,997 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

1,147 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

2,491 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,548 residents

Age 65 and over
16.8%

1,653 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN8 4 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+
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%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • NORTHFIELD SURGERY

    THE VERMUYDEN CENTRE, FIELDSIDE, THORNE, DONCASTER, DN8 4BQ

    ODS code C86018

    2.6 km

  • THORNE MOOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHESTNUT HOUSE SURGERY, THE VERMUYDEN CENTRE, FIELDSIDE, THORNE, DONCASTER, DN8 4BQ

    ODS code C86614

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • High Hazel Road/Gainford Road

    BCT · Moorends

    0.1 miles
  • High Hazel Road/Park Road

    BCT · Moorends

    0.1 miles
  • Northgate/Richmond Road

    BCT · Moorends

    0.1 miles
  • Northgate/Grange Road

    BCT · Moorends

    0.1 miles
  • Northgate/The Green

    BCT · Moorends

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 001B, 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

3,088 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
8 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
26
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

Property market

The five-year median is £90,000 from 3 recorded sales in DN8 4QW. 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. West Road Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 451 m.

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

Recorded crime

584 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 260 events.

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