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DT5 1PH

Portland · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT5 1FR 499 m
DT5 1EG 631 m
DT5 1PA 654 m
DT5 1EQ 721 m
DT5 1LF 876 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT5 1PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1
Latitude
50.562006
Longitude
-2.426556
British National Grid easting
369,883
British National Grid northing
73,672

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
E00104298
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 047A · E01020563
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 047 · E02004288

Postcode source versions

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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

    2.3 km

  2. Atlantic Academy Portland

    Academy sponsor led

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 248
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Public order 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Other crime 22

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROYAL MANOR HEALTH CARE

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

    ODS code J81009

    2.1 km

  • WYKE REGIS & LANEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PORTLAND ROAD, WYKE REGIS, WEYMOUTH, DT4 9BE

    ODS code J81051

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Britannia Inn

    BCT · Fortuneswell

    0.7 miles

  • Fortuneswell

    BCT · Fortuneswell

    0.7 miles

  • Clifton Hotel

    BCT · Grove

    0.7 miles

  • Clifton Hotel

    BCT · Grove

    0.7 miles

  • Portland Heights

    BCT · Fortuneswell

    0.8 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.

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 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 248 events.

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