DT2 9AE

Chesil Bank · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT2 9TE 72 m
DT2 9DR 85 m
DT2 9AD 105 m
DT2 9AF 117 m
DT2 9AQ 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT2 9AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 9
Latitude
50.713636
Longitude
-2.634019
British National Grid easting
355,333
British National Grid northing
90,638

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003556
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104011
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 037A · E01020512
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 037 · E02004280

Postcode source versions

Explore DT2

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Malters Cottages, Litton Cheney, Dorchester, DT2 9AE 30 September 2022 £340,000
Manor Farm, Litton Cheney, Dorchester, DT2 9AE 14 July 2020 £590,000
5, Malters Cottages, Litton Cheney, Dorchester, DT2 9AE 28 September 2018 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney

    Voluntary aided school

    512 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
DT2 9 residents
8,082

Age bands in DT2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

1,187 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

685 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,432 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

2,424 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

2,367 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT2 9 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
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

  • The Cross

    BCT · Litton Cheney

    0.2 miles
  • The Cross

    BCT · Litton Cheney

    0.2 miles
  • White Horse Inn

    BCT · Litton Cheney

    0.5 miles
  • White Horse

    BCT · Litton Cheney

    0.5 miles
  • Whiteway Cross

    BCT · Litton Cheney

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 037A, 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

11,969 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 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
Possible

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 £340,000 from 1 recorded sale in DT2 9AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney is the nearest published school at 512 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 4 events.

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