DN8 5QR

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN8 5QP 51 m
DN8 5TL 90 m
DN8 5FP 145 m
DN8 5UT 221 m
DN8 5GB 237 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN8 5QR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN8
Postcode sector
DN8 5
Latitude
53.601751
Longitude
-0.954353
British National Grid easting
469,293
British National Grid northing
412,193

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Doncaster · E08000017
Parish or community
E04000095
Output area
E00038671
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 003F · E01007641
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 003 · E02001541

Postcode source versions

Explore DN8

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42a, South End, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5QR 10 February 2023 £230,000
36, South End, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5QR 29 July 2022 £335,000
34, South End, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5QR 25 August 2017 £155,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Thorneberry School

    Other independent special school

    653 m
  2. Brooke Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    750 m
  3. Green Top

    Academy converter

    776 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
777
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 283
  • Anti social behaviour 112
  • Shoplifting 75
  • Public order 64
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

27 female, 31 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
1.9
DN8 5 residents
8,418

Age bands in DN8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,246 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

853 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,997 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,283 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,884 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN8 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+
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
24%

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • NORTHFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code C86018

    1.5 km

  • THORNE MOOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86614

    1.5 km

  • HATFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    ASH HILL ROAD, HATFIELD, DONCASTER, DN7 6JH

    ODS code C86003

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Thorne South Rail Station

    RLY · Thorne

    0.1 miles
  • Thorne South Rail Station

    RSE · Thorne

    0.1 miles
  • Southfield Road/Southfield Close

    BCT · Thorne

    0.2 miles
  • Miller Lane/Southfield Road

    BCT · Thorne

    0.3 miles
  • Miller Lane/Peel Hill Road

    BCT · Thorne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 003F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,775 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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
7
Low risk addresses
16
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 £282,500 from 2 recorded sales in DN8 5QR. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Thorneberry School is the nearest published school at 653 m.

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

Recorded crime

777 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 283 events.

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