DN8 5SN

Axholme Central · North Lincolnshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Doncaster
Local authority
North Lincolnshire
Postcode district
DN8
Postcode sector
DN8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN8 5SL 931 m
DN8 5TG 957 m
DN8 5TD 1.0 km
DN8 5SJ 1.2 km
DN8 5SW 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN8 5SN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN8
Postcode sector
DN8 5
Latitude
53.576589
Longitude
-0.897913
British National Grid easting
473,071
British National Grid northing
409,450

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Lincolnshire · E06000013
Parish or community
E04000541
Output area
E00066815
Lower layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 020B · E01013242
Middle layer super output area
North Lincolnshire 020 · E02002768

Postcode source versions

Explore DN8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Plains House Farm, Scunthorpe Road, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5SN 23 November 2011 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Brooke Primary Academy

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    4.8 km
  2. Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School

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    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Reindeer Inn

    BCT · Sandtoft

    1.1 miles
  • Reindeer Inn

    BCT · Sandtoft

    1.1 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Sandtoft

    1.3 miles
  • Haynes Road/Miller Lane

    BCT · Thorne

    3.1 miles
  • Scawcett Lane

    BCT · Epworth

    3.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Lincolnshire 020B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,716 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brooke Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 3.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 1 events.

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