DT2 7BD

Yetminster · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dorchester
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT2 7BA 744 m
DT2 7BB 1.1 km
DT9 6JQ 1.7 km
DT2 7AY 1.7 km
DT2 7AZ 1.8 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT2 7BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7
Latitude
50.854159
Longitude
-2.508919
British National Grid easting
364,273
British National Grid northing
106,196

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003546
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00166100
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 019E · E01020530
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 019 · E02004271

Postcode source versions

Explore DT2

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Remedy House, Hilfield, Dorchester, DT2 7BD 24 September 2018 £907,000
The Good Hope, Hilfield, Dorchester, DT2 7BD 8 January 2014 £542,500
2, Remedy Cottage, Hilfield, Dorchester, DT2 7BD 14 December 2009 £400,000

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

11 female, 15 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
DT2 7 residents
5,800

Age bands in DT2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

781 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

442 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

912 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,936 residents

Age 65 and over
30.9%

1,824 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT2 7 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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
84.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
84.6%
Gigabit-capable
84.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
92.3%
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

  • Lochinvar

    BCT · Lyons Gate

    1.1 miles
  • Chedworth

    BCT · Lyons Gate

    1.1 miles
  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Minterne Magna

    1.5 miles
  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Minterne Magna

    1.6 miles
  • The Potting Shed

    BCT · Middlemarsh

    1.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 019E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,780 of 33,755

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 1 events.

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