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DT6 5QW

Marshwood Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Marshwood Vale
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT6
Postcode sector
DT6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT6 6RN 250 m
DT6 6HW 658 m
DT6 6RL 1.1 km
DT6 6RW 1.2 km
DT6 5NR 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT6 5QW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
1 December 1982
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT6
Postcode sector
DT6 5
Latitude
50.773217
Longitude
-2.829588
British National Grid easting
341,600
British National Grid northing
97,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Marshwood Vale · E05015782
Parish or community
E04013391
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104142
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 023D · E01020535
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 023 · E02004273

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0

  1. Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.9 km

  2. Marshwood CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km

  3. Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT6 5 residents
6,317

Age bands in DT6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

983 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

574 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,168 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,773 residents

Age 65 and over
26.3%

1,605 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.

Nearby transport

  • Shave Cross Inn

    BCT · Shave Cross

    0.4 miles

  • Shave Cross Inn

    BCT · Shave Cross

    0.4 miles

  • Stoke Mill Lane

    BCT · Shave Cross

    0.7 miles

  • Stoke Mill Lane

    BCT · Shave Cross

    0.7 miles

  • Taphouse Farm

    BCT · Shave Cross

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 023D, 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

11,977 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 2 events.

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