DT5 1GD

Portland · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Portland
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT5 1DB 123 m
DT5 1DE 163 m
DT5 1ED 212 m
DT5 1DF 218 m
DT5 1DQ 256 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT5 1GD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1
Latitude
50.552802
Longitude
-2.427786
British National Grid easting
369,790
British National Grid northing
72,649

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

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Grove Farm Estate, Unit 1, Grove Road, Portland, DT5 1GD 11 June 2019 £270,000

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

    1.4 km
  2. Atlantic Academy Portland

    Academy sponsor led

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
481
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 239
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Other theft 28
  • Public order 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • ROYAL MANOR HEALTH CARE

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

    ODS code J81009

    1.2 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

  • Clifton Hotel

    BCT · Grove

    0.1 miles
  • Clifton Hotel

    BCT · Grove

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Grove

    0.2 miles
  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Grove

    0.2 miles
  • The Grove YOI

    BCT · Grove

    0.4 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 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

481 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 239 events.

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