Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 4 secondary schools. Dorchester Middle School is the nearest published school at 208 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DT1 2HY
Dorchester West · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Dorchester West
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Postcode district
- DT1
- Postcode sector
- DT1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DT1 2HY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1983
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- DT
- Postcode district
- DT1
- Postcode sector
- DT1 2
- Latitude
- 50.709149
- Longitude
- -2.446034
- British National Grid easting
- 368,602
- British National Grid northing
- 90,042
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Dorset · E06000059
- Electoral ward
- Dorchester West · E05012698
- Parish or community
- E04003533
- Westminster constituency
- West Dorset · E14001575
- Output area
- E00104087
- Lower layer super output area
- Dorset 032B · E01020527
- Middle layer super output area
- Dorset 032 · E02007007
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DT1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 4
- 208 m
Dorchester Middle School
Academy converter
- 549 m
The Thomas Hardye School
Academy converter
- 787 m
The Prince of Wales School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,389
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 464
- Anti social behaviour 298
- Shoplifting 200
- Criminal damage and arson 99
- Other theft 86
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DT1 2 residents
- 10,977
Age bands in DT1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 25%
1,666 residents
1,048 residents
2,096 residents
3,076 residents
2,630 residents
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.
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
QUEENS AVENUE SURGERY
14 QUEENS AVENUE, DORCHESTER, DT1 2EW
ODS code J81016
215 m
ATRIUM HEALTH CENTRE
7 WEYMOUTH AVENUE, DORCHESTER, DT1 1QR
ODS code J81068
576 m
POUNDBURY DOCTORS SURGERY
3 FREDERICK TREVES HOUSE, ST. JOHN WAY, DORCHESTER, DT1 2FD
ODS code J81082
949 m
PRINCE OF WALES SURGERY
2 FREDERICK TREVES HOUSE, ST. JOHN WAY, DORCHESTER, DT1 2FD
ODS code J81609
949 m
FORDINGTON SURGERY
91 HIGH STREET, FORDINGTON, DORCHESTER, DT1 1LD
ODS code J81626
1.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Middle School
BCT · Dorchester
- 0.2 miles
Middle School
BCT · Dorchester
- 0.2 miles
Clarence Road
BCT · Dorchester
- 0.2 miles
Dorchester West Rail Station
RLY · Dorchester
- 0.2 miles
Clarence Road
BCT · Dorchester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 032B, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
18,536 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,389 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 464 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.