DT5 1DU

Portland · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT5 1HJ 47 m
DT5 1JT 63 m
DT5 1HQ 96 m
DT5 1HH 121 m
DT5 1JD 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT5 1DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1
Latitude
50.545412
Longitude
-2.432165
British National Grid easting
369,475
British National Grid northing
71,829

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Portland · E05012709
Parish or community
E04003630
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00104297
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 047A · E01020563
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 047 · E02004288

Postcode source versions

Explore DT5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. St George's Foundation Primary School

    Foundation school

    588 m
  2. Atlantic Academy Portland

    Academy sponsor led

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
536
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 276
  • Anti social behaviour 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 45
  • Other theft 29
  • Other crime 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
38

16 female, 22 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
4.2
DT5 1 residents
7,110

Age bands in DT5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

839 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

1,777 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

2,246 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,433 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT5 1 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • ROYAL MANOR HEALTH CARE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, PARK ESTATE ROAD, PORTLAND, DT5 2BJ

    ODS code J81009

    394 m

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

  • Moorfield Road

    BCT · Easton

    0.1 miles
  • Moorfield Road

    BCT · Easton

    0.1 miles
  • Easton Square

    BCT · Easton

    0.2 miles
  • Easton Square

    BCT · Easton

    0.2 miles
  • Bumpers Lane

    BCT · Easton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 047A, 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

12,241 of 33,755

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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. St George's Foundation Primary School is the nearest published school at 588 m.

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

Recorded crime

536 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 276 events.

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