West Purbeck · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcode| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pallington Farm, Pallington, Dorchester, DT2 8QU | 18 June 2021 | £1,325,000 |
| Pear Tree Cottage, Pallington, Dorchester, DT2 8QU | 5 April 2012 | £352,000 |
| The Barn, Pallington, Dorchester, DT2 8QU | 11 April 2007 | £650,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd
Special post 16 institution
Frome Valley CofE First School
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Puddletown Church of England First School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
10 female, 10 male
1,186 residents
723 residents
1,521 residents
2,525 residents
2,381 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT2 8 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
1
within 5 km straight-line
2A ATHELHAMPTON ROAD, PUDDLETOWN, DORCHESTER, DT2 8FY
ODS code J81616
4.1 km
Moreton Station
BCT · Crossways
Moreton Railway Station
BCT · Crossways
Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station
RSE · Moreton
Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station
RLY · Moreton
Five Crossways
BCT · Crossways
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 035B, 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
13,973 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.