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DT5 1SA

Portland · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 1FU 117 m
DT5 1PY 237 m
DT5 1GF 277 m
DT5 1DX 299 m
DT5 1BL 324 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT5 1SA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT5
Postcode sector
DT5 1
Latitude
50.570358
Longitude
-2.455678
British National Grid easting
367,826
British National Grid northing
74,613

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
E00104327
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 047C · E01033200
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
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.1 km

  2. Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    3.2 km

  3. St George's Foundation Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
266
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Other theft 17
  • Public order 16

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.

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

4

within 5 km

  • WYKE REGIS & LANEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PORTLAND ROAD, WYKE REGIS, WEYMOUTH, DT4 9BE

    ODS code J81051

    3.0 km

  • ROYAL MANOR HEALTH CARE

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

    ODS code J81009

    3.2 km

  • CROSS ROAD SURGERY

    CROSS ROAD, WEYMOUTH, DT4 9QX

    ODS code J81075

    3.6 km

  • THE BRIDGES MEDICAL CTR.

    26 COMMERCIAL ROAD, WEYMOUTH, DT4 7DW

    ODS code J81073

    4.9 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

  • National Sailing Academy

    BCT · Castletown

    0.0 miles

  • National Sailing Academy

    BCT · Castletown

    0.0 miles

  • National Sailing Academy

    BCT · Castletown

    0.1 miles

  • Mereside

    BCT · Castletown

    0.2 miles

  • Mereside

    BCT · Castletown

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 047C, 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

11,988 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

266 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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