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DT2 9GA

Charminster St Mary's · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dorchester
Ward
Charminster St Mary's
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT2 9FY 74 m
DT2 9FZ 119 m
DT2 9FU 177 m
DT2 9FX 194 m
DT2 9RR 204 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT2 9GA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 9
Latitude
50.735434
Longitude
-2.464593
British National Grid easting
367,310
British National Grid northing
92,973

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Charminster St Mary's · E05012688
Parish or community
E04003519
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103992
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 022B · E01020510
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 022 · E02004272

Postcode source versions

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Property

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Sheridan Rise, Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9GA 6 February 2025 £550,000
26, Sheridan Rise, Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9GA 27 September 2024 £535,000
20, Sheridan Rise, Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9GA 29 August 2024 £695,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
5
Secondary
4

  1. St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster

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    586 m

  2. Damers First School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

  3. The Thomas Hardye School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
54
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 27
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Drugs 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • POUNDBURY DOCTORS SURGERY

    3 FREDERICK TREVES HOUSE, ST. JOHN WAY, DORCHESTER, DT1 2FD

    ODS code J81082

    2.5 km

  • PRINCE OF WALES SURGERY

    2 FREDERICK TREVES HOUSE, ST. JOHN WAY, DORCHESTER, DT1 2FD

    ODS code J81609

    2.5 km

  • ATRIUM HEALTH CENTRE

    7 WEYMOUTH AVENUE, DORCHESTER, DT1 1QR

    ODS code J81068

    3.3 km

  • QUEENS AVENUE SURGERY

    14 QUEENS AVENUE, DORCHESTER, DT1 2EW

    ODS code J81016

    3.4 km

  • FORDINGTON SURGERY

    91 HIGH STREET, FORDINGTON, DORCHESTER, DT1 1LD

    ODS code J81626

    3.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Weir View

    BCT · Charminster

    0.2 miles

  • Weir View

    BCT · Charminster

    0.2 miles

  • Hill View

    BCT · Charminster

    0.3 miles

  • St Marys School

    BCT · Charminster

    0.3 miles

  • St Marys School

    BCT · Charminster

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 022B, 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

17,891 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £495,000 from 22 recorded sales in DT2 9GA. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster is the nearest published school at 586 m.

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

Recorded crime

54 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 27 events.

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